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FOREWORD 


This  is  the  second  edition  of  the  School  Directors'  Guide,  the 
first  having  been  issued  in  1910.  Comparatively  few  changes 
have  been  made  as  nearly  all  the  laws  affecting  schools  passed 
by  the  1912  legislature  constitute  new  legislation.  These 
laws  twelve  in  number  are  published  in  full  in  Part  I.  of  this 
pamphlet.  As  the  first  edition  met  with  an  appreciative  re- 
ception at  the  hands  of  county  superintendents,  school  officers 
and  teachers,  I  hope  that  this  edition  will  answer  until  this 
department  has  the  necessary  funds  for  a  more  comprehensive 
publication  of  this  nature.  I  bespeak  your  hearty  cooperation 
in  carrying  out  the  letter  and  spirit  of  all  laws  and  regulations 
in  conducting  our  public  schools. 

Very  truly  yours, 

ALVAN  N.  WHITE, 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Santa  Fe,  N.  M..  Nov.  1,  1912. 


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CALENDAR 


Board  of  Directors  at  the  time  of  organizing  in  May  should 
fix  some  day  (for  example,  the  last  Saturday  of  each  month 
upon  which  the  directors  should  meet  regularly.) 

January. 

The  first  day  of  January  is  a  legal  holiday. 

On  or  before  the  first  Monday  all  fines  collected  for  violation 
of  the  penal  laws  payable  to  the  county  or  district  school  fund 
must  be  paid  the  county  treasurer. 

On  or  before  the  third  Monday  the  county  superintendent 
shall  apportion  school  funds  among  the  districts  of  the  county. 

February. 

On  the  first  Monday,  school  district  clerks  shall  post  at  least 
four  copies  of  the  list  of  persons  in  the  district  liable  to  pay  poll 
tax. 

The  12th  day  of  February  (Lincoln's  birthday)  may  be  ob- 
served by  the  schools  as  a  legal  holiday. 

The  22nd  day  of  February  (Washington's  birthday)  may  be 
observed  by  the  schools  as  a  legal  holiday. 

March. 

On  the  second  Monday  in  March,  school  directors  shall  post 
notices  of  election  for  school  directors.  Notices  for  election 
for  issuing  bonds  may  be  posted  at  the  same  time. 

April. 

On  the  first  Monday  in  April,  election  for  school  directors 
shall  be  held.  Elections  for  issuing  bonds  may  be  held  at  the 
same  time. 

On  or  before  the  first  Monday,  all  fines  payable  to  the  county 
or  district  school  fund  shall  be  paid  to  the  county  treasurer. 

On  or  before  the  first  Monday,  clerks  of  school  boards  shall 
report  to  the  count}'  clerk  and  the  county  superintendent  lists  of 
persons  paying  poll  tax  and  list  of  persons  failing  to  pay  poll 
tax. 

On  the  third  Monday,  county  superintendents  shall  appor- 
tion school  funds. 


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May. 

On  the  first  Monday,  the  term  of  office  for  school  directors 
begins. 

On  or  before  the  first  Monday,  directors  shall  make  estimate 
of  tax  levy. 

On  or  before  the  first  Monday,  the  oath  of  office  of  school 
directors  shall  be  filed  with  the  county  superintendent. 

June:. 

On  or  before  the  first  day  of  the  month,  the  directors  shall 
certify  to  the  county  commissioners  an  estimate  of  the  amount 
of  funds  necessary  for  ensuing  year. 

The  scholastic  year  ends  June  15th,  statistical  reports  from 
school  directors  made  by  the  clerk  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  county  superintendent  within  ten  days  thereafter. 

July. 

On  or  before  the  first  Monday,  all  fines  payable  to  the 
county  or  district  school  fund  shall  be  turned  over  to  the 
county  treasurer. 

The  fourth  day  of  the  month  is  a  legal  holiday. 

On  Or  before  the  third  Monday  the  county  superintendent 
shall  apportion  the  county  school  funds  among  the  districts. 

August.    . 

On  or  before  the  first  day  of  the  month,  the  county  com- 
missioners shall  levy  1-2  mill  state  tax.  3  mills  county  tax 
and  all  special  district  taxes. 

On  the  first  Saturday,  the  county  superintendents  must  be 
in  attendance  at  the  county  seat  for  the  transaction  of  official 
business. 

September. 

On  or  before  the  first  day  of  September,  school  directors 
shall  make  an  enumeration  of  all  unmarried  persons  between 
the  ages  of  5  and  21  years. 

On  or  before  the  first  day  of  September,  directors  shall  post 
compulsory  attendance  notices. 

On  the  first  Saturday,  the  county  superintendent  shall  be 
in  attendance  at  the  county  seat  for  the  transaction  of  official 
business. 

October. 

On  or  before  the  first  Monday  all  fines  payable  to  county 


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or  district  school  funds  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  county 
treasurer. 

On  the  first  Saturday,  the  county  superintendent  must  be 
in  attendance  at  the  county  seat  for  the  transaction  of  official 
business. 

The  twelfth  day  of  the  month  is  a  legal  holiday. 

On  the  third  Monday,  the  county  superintendent  shall  ap- 
portion the  county  school  funds. 

November. 

On  the  first  Saturday,  the  county  superintendent  shall  be  in 
attendance  at  the  county  seat  for  the  transaction  of  official 
business. 

December.   . 

The  25th  day  of  December  is  a  legal  holiday. 


SOURCES  OF  THE  COMMON  SCHOOL 

FUNDS 


(Laws  of  1912  are  found  in  this  book;  others  in  1909 

Compilation. ) 

1.  Sale  or  Lease  of  Common  School  Lands. 
Sec.  78,  Chap.  82,- L.  1912. 

2.  Income  from  forest  reserves,  Chapter  119,  L.  1909. 

3.  State  Tax. 

Sec.  1,  Chap.  51,  L.  1912. 

4.  County  Three  Mill  Levy. 
Sec.  9,  Chap.  51,  L.  1912. 

5.  Special  Levies. 
Chap.  51,  L.  1912. 

6.  Poll  Taxes. 

Sec.  1549  to  1551,  C.  L.  1897. 
Sec.  5,  Chapter  27,  L.  1901. 
Chapter  61,  L.  1905. 
Chapter  196,  L.  1907. 

7.  Licenses. 

Sees.  4125,  4141,  4144,  4145,  4146,  4147,  4148,  4149, 
4152,  C.  L.  '97. 

8.  Delinquent  Taxes. 
Chap.  77,  L.  1912. 

9.  Fines!  According  to  Sec.   1548  of  the  Compiled  Laws  of 

1897,  amended  by  Chapter  119,  Sec.  17,  of  the  Session 

Laws  of  1903,  33  1-3  per  cent  of  the  following  should 

be  applied  to  the  schools : 
The  proceeds  of  all  sales  of  intestate  estates  which  escheat 

to  the  State. 
All  forfeitures  or  recoveries  on  bonds  of  county,  precinct, 

or  State  school  officers. 
The  proceeds  of  lost  goods. 
All  moneys  arising  from  licenses  imposed  upon  wholesale 

and   retail   liquor   dealers,   distilleries,   breweries,    wine 

presses,   which  may  pay  licenses  or  may  hereafter  be 

required  to  pay  license. 
The   full   amount  collected   from  the  below  enumerated 

sources  will  be  applied  to  the  school  funds. 


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Violation  of  the  gambling  laws,  Chap.  64,  Sec.  3,  Laws  of 

1907. 
Breaking  into  school  house — Sec.   113.  C.  L.   1897;  $50 

to  $100. 
Illegal  enclosure  on  public  lands — Sec.  12('X.  C.  L.  1897; 

not  less  than  $10.00. 
Illegal  sale  of  drink  of  liquors  on  election  day — Sec.  1272. 

C.  L.  1897;  $25.00  to  $100.00. 
Illegal  use  of  firearms— Sec.  1389,  C.  L.  1897;  $50.00  to 

$300.00. 
Infraction  of  Sunday  Laws— Sec.  1369,  C.  L.  1897;  $5.00 

to  $50.00. 
Opium  or  Hop  joints  maintenance — Sec.   1263-65,  C.  L. 

1897;  $25.00  to  $250.00. 
Refusal  to  furnish  list  of  persons  liable  to  poll  tax — Sec. 

2,  Chap.  96.  L.  '07 ;  $25.00  to  $100.00. 
Saloon  Keepers  liable  to,  when — Sec.   1268,  C.  L.  1897; 

$10.00  to  $100.00. 
Turning  cattle  loose  on  range  occupied  by  others — Sec. 

128,  C.  L.  1897;  $100.00  to  SI. 000.00. 
Interference    with    County    Surveyor's     official     duties — 

Sec.  791,  C.  L.  1897;  $5.00  to  $10.00. 
Occupying  public   lands   under   pretext   of  a   deed — Sec. 

1298,  C.  L.  1897;  not  less  than  $10.00. 
Illegal   obstruction   of   streets — Sec.    2h77,    C.    L.    1897; 

$5.00  to  $10.00. 


PART   I. 


LIST  OF  SCHOOL,  LAWS  PASSED  BY  THE  FIRST  STATE 

LEGISLATURE. 


INDEX. 


(The  school  laws  passed  by  the  first  state  legislature  are  printed 
in  full  in  this  pamphlet.  All  previous  laws  will  be  found  in  the  1909 
compilation). 

Page 
Columbus   Day    (Session   Laws,   Chap.    10) 10 

Districts    May   Borrow   Money   for   Erecting   or   Furnishing   School 
Houses   and   Purchasing   Site    ( Chap.    13) 11 

Alcoholic  Drinks  and  Narcotics,  Study  Nature  of   (Chap.   29) 11 

State  Poard  of  Education,  Terms  of  Members  (Chap.  37) 12 

History  and  Civics  of  New  Mexico,  Instruction  in   (Chap.  41) 13 

City  Boards  of  Education,  Election  of  Members   (Chap.  43) 13 

School    Revenues    (Chap.    51) 14 

Industrial   Education    (Chap.    52) 17 

County   High   Schools    (Chap.    57) 19 

Las  Vegas,  Investment  of  Permanent  School  Fund   (Chap.  64) 21 

Delinquent    Taxes     (Chap.    77) 22 

Appropriations    for   State    Department    of    Education    and    Educa- 
tional Institutions   (Chap.   83)    23 


CHAPTER  10. 

An  act  to  provide  that  the  twelfth  day  of  October  shall  he 
a  Legal  Holiday,  and  shall  be  called  Columbus  Day;  House 
Bill  No.  65  became  law  by  Constitutional  Limitation. 
Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico: 

Section  1.  That  to  commemorate  the  discovery  of  America 
by   Christopher  Columbus,   the  twelfth   day  of  October  shall 


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hereafter  be  a  legal  holiday,  and  shall  be  known  as  Columbus 
Day. 


CHAPTER  13. 

An  Act  to  Enable  School  Districts  to  Borrow  Money  for 
the  Purpose   of  Erecting  and   Furnishing  School  Buildings 
and  Purchasing  School  Grounds.     House  Bill  No.    123  Ap- 
proved May  29,   1912. 
Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico : 

Section  1.  That  every  school  district,  whether  organized 
under  the  name  of  "school  district"  or  under  the  name  of 
"board  of  education,"  shall  have  power  and  authority  to  bor- 
row money  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  and  furnishing  school 
buildings  and  purchasing  school  grounds,  but  such  power  or 
authority  shall  exist  only  when  the  proposition  to  create  the 
debt  shall  have  been  submitted  to  the  qualified  electors  of  the 
district,  and  approved  by  a  majority  of  those  voting  thereon. 
No  such  school  district  shall  ever  become  indebted  in  an 
amount,  including  existing  indebtedness,  exceeding  six  per 
centum  on  the  assessed  valuation  of  the  taxable  property  within 
the  district  as  shown  by  the  preceding  general  assessment. 

Sec.  2.  All  laws  relating  to  issuing  and  payment  of  bonds, 
interest  thereon,  and  elections  to  authorize  the  same,  shall  be 
and  remain  in  force  as  though  this  act  had  not  been  passed, 
except  the  provisions  of  said  laws  which  are  in  conflict  with 
the  provisions  of  this  act. 


CHAPTER  29. 

An  Act  to  Provide  for  the  Study  of  the  Nature  of  Alcoholic 
Drinks  and  Narcotics  and  of  their  Effects  Upon  the  Human 
System.  Soiate  Substitute  for  Senate  Bill  No.  41   Approved 
June  8,  1912. 
Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico: 

Section  1.  That  the  nature  of  alcoholic  drinks  and  nar- 
cotics, and  special  instruction  as  to  their  effects  upon  the 
human  system,  in  connection  witli  the  several  divisions  of  the 
subjects  of  physiology  and  hygiene,  shall  be  included  in  the 
branches  of  study  taught  in  the  public  schools,  and  shall  be 
studied  and  taught  as  thoroughly  and  in  the  same  manner  as 
other  like  required  brandies  are  in  said  schools,  by  the  use 


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of  text  books  in  the  hands  of  pupils  where  other  branches  are 
thus  studied  in  said  schools,  and  by  all  the  pupils  in  all  said 
schools  throughout  the  state. 

Sec.  2.  Adequate  time  and  attention  shall  be  given  to  in- 
struction in  this  branch  of  study  in  the  state  educational  in- 
stitutions, in  the  New  Mexico  Reform  School  at  Springer  and 
in  all  teachers'  institutes,  and  competent  lecturers  on  this  sub- 
ject shall  be  secured  for  teachers'  institutes. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  proper  officers  in 
control  of  any  school  or  institution  described  in  the  foregoing 
sections  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  act ;  and  any  such 
officer,  school  director,  superintendent,  or  teacher,  who  shall 
refuse  or  neglect  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  this  act, 
or  shall  neglect  or  fail  to  make  proper  provisions  for  the  in- 
struction required  and  in  the  manner  specified  by  this  act,  for 
all  the  pupils  in  each  and  every  school  or  institution  under 
his  jurisdiction,  shall  be  removed  from  office,  and  the  vacancy 
filled  as  in  other  cases. 

Sec.  4.  That  no  certificate  shall  be  granted  to  any  person  to 
teach  in  the  public  schools  who  has  not  passed  a  satisfactory 
examination  to  enable  him  to  properly  teach  the  branches  of 
study  provided  for  in  this  act. 

Sec.  5.  All  Acts  and  parts  of  Acts  in  conflict  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 


CHAPTER  37. 

An  Act  to  Fix  the  Terms  of  Office  of  the  Members  of  the 
State  Board  of  Education  Other  Than  the  Governor  and 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction.  Senate  Bill  No.  188 
Approved,  June  8,  1912. 

Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico : 
Section  1.  That  the  term  of  office  of  the  members  of  the 
State  Board  of  Education,  required  to  be  appointed  by  the 
Governor,  shall  be  four  years,  and  until  their  successors  qualify 
except  that  the  term  of  such  members  first  appointed  shall 
expire  on  the  second  Monday  of  January  after  the  next  gen- 
eral election. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 


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CHAPTER  41. 

An  Act  to  Encourage  the  Instruction  in  the  History  and 
dries  of  the  United  Stales  with  Special  Reference  t<>  the  His- 
tory and  Civics  of  /he  State  of  New,  Mexico.  Senate  Bill  Xo. 
169,  (as  amended  ).     Approved  June  8,  1912. 

Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico: 
Section  1.  That  hereafter  no  teacher  of  the  first  and  second 
grades  shall  be  granted  a  certificate  to  teach,  by  the  Board  of 
Education  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico,  unless  said  teacher 
shall  have  passed  a  satisfactory  examination  in  the  History  and 
Civics  of  the  United  States,  as  well  as  the  History  and  Civic> 
of  the  State  of  New  Mexico. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  teachers  in  the  public 
schools  in  the  State  to  give  such  instruction  as  is  practicable 
in  the  History  and  Civics  of  the  United  States  with  special 
reference  to  the  History  and  Civics  of  the  State  of  New 
Mexico,  which  said  instruction  may  be  given  orally  or  by  study 
of  text  books  covering  the  subject  and  which  said  text  bock- 
shall  have  been  adopted  by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

•  Sec.  3.  The  said  History  and  Civics  of  the  State  of  New 
Mexico  shall  be  prepared  by  a  known  historian  of  the  State 
and  shall  be  sold  at  a  price  to  be  fixed  by  the  State  Board  of 
Education  not  to  exceed  one  dollar  per  volume. 

Sec.  4.  This  act  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect  from  and 
after  the  time  prescribed  by  the  Constitution  of  New   Mexico. 


CHAPTER  43. 

An  Act  Providing  for  the  Time  of  Election,  and  Fixing  the 
Number  of  Members   of  the  Board  of  Education   in  Incor- 
porated Cities.    Senate  Substitute  for  Senate  Bill  No.  94.  Ap- 
proved June  8.  1912. 
Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico: 

Section  1.  That  the  board  of  education  in  each  incor- 
porated city  -hall  consist  of  five  members,  who  shall  have  the 
qualifications  provided  by  law  for  members  of  boards  of  edu- 
cation in  such  cities,  and  who  shall  be  elected  at  large  from 
such  city,  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  2.  The  qualified  electors  of  such  city  and  of  the  ter- 
ritorv  outside  of  .said  city  attached  thereto  for  school  pur- 
poses, shall,  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  April,  in  the  year.  1913. 


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elect  five  members  of  the  board  of  education,  two  of  whom 
shall  hold  this  office  for  a  term  of  two  years  and  three  of 
whom  shall  hold  their  office  for  a  term  of  four  years,  and 
thereafter  a  regular  election  of  members  succeeding  those 
whose  terms  expire,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  April 
of  each  odd  numbered  year. 

Sec.  3.  The  election  herein  provided  for  shall  be  held,  the 
returns  thereof  made  and  canvassed,  and  the  certificates  of 
election  issued  in  accordance  with  the  laws  applicable  to  elec- 
tions of  officers  of  incorporated  cities,  except  that  no  regis- 
tration shall  be  required. 

Sec.  4.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 


CHAPTER  51. 

An  Act  Regarding  the  Revenues  for  the  Public  Schools,  and 
Repealing  Section  25  of  Chapter  97,  Laws  of  1907.  Senate  Bill 
No.  172,  (as  amended),  Approved  June  8,  1912. 

Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico : 
Section  1.  That  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners  of 
each  county  shall  annually  levy  and  collect  a  tax  of  one-half 
of  one  mill  on  the  dollar  upon  all  the  taxable  property  in  the 
county  for  the  maintenance  of  the  public  schools,  the  proceeds 
whereof  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  state  treasurer  as  are  other 
state  taxes  and  shall  be  added  to  the  current  school  fund. 

Sec.  2.  That  on  the  first  Monday  of  March,  June,  Septem- 
ber and  December  in  each  year,  the  State  Treasurer  shall  credit 
one-half  of  the  current  school  fund  to  a  separate  fund  to  be 
known  as  the  reserve  fund  which  shall  be  used  for  the  main- 
taining of  a  school  for  the  full  period  of  five  months.  The 
treasurer  shall  make  a  complete  statement  of  all  the  monies 
in  said  current  school  and  reserve  funds  and  certify  the  same 
to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Sec.  3.  Within  twenty  days  thereafter,  the  said  Superin- 
tendent shall  make  an  apportionment  of  the  money  in  the 
said  current  school  fund  among  the  several  counties  prorata 
according  to  the  enumeration  of  children  of  school  age  in  each 
county,  as  shown  by  the  latest  returns  from  the  county  super- 
intendent of  schools  and  shall  certify  the  apportionment  for 
each  county  to  the  state  treasurer  and  auditor  and  to  the  treas- 
urer and   superintendent  of  schools  in  each  county,  and  the 


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said  auditor  shall  draw  his  warrant  on  the  state  treasurer  in 
favor  of  the  proper  county  treasurer  for  the  amount  appor- 
tioned to  his  county,  and  said  money  shall  become  a  part 
of  the  general  county  school  fund,  and  shall  be  apportioned  as 
other  monies  in  said  fund. 

Sec. 4.  That  the  reserve  fund  described  in  Section  2  of  this 
Act  shall  be  distributed  among  school  districts  in  which  the  in- 
come from  the  annual  special  school  tax  of  fifteen  mills  plus 
the  regular  apportionment  from  the  county  general  school 
fund  shall  not  be  sufficient  for  the  maintaining  of  school  for 
the  full  period  of  five  months,  and  the  reserve  fund  shall  be 
so  distributed  among  such  districts  as  to  enable  each  district 
to  hold  school  for  the  said  period.  That  for  the  purpose  of 
this  act  the  words,  "district  or  school  district"  shall  include 
cities,  towns,  and  villages,  and  districts  outside  of  such  muni- 
cipalities. 

Sec.  5.  Whenever  the  income  of  a  school  district  as  here- 
inbefore set  forth  is  not  sufficient  for  the  maintaining  of  a 
school  for  the  full  term  of  five  months,  the  county  superinten- 
dent of  schools  of  the  county,  in  which  such  district  is  situated, 
shall  furnish  the  state  superintendent  with  evidence  satis- 
factory to  him  of  the  existence  of  such  fact.  Upon  being  sat- 
isfied thereof  the  state  superintendent  shall  make  requisition 
upon  said  reserve  fund  through  the  state  auditor  in  favor  of 
the  treasurer  of  said  county,  to  be  by  him  credited  to  the  proper 
school  district,  for  such  amount  as  will  be  sufficient  together 
with  such  income  for  the  maintaining  of  a  school  for  the  full 
term  of  five  months  in  said  district.  Provided,  however,  that 
for  the  purpose  of  this  act  the  amount  which  any  school  dis- 
trict shall  expend  for  maintaining  a  school  for  the  full  term  of 
five  months  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dol- 
lars for  each  school  room,  and  that  for  the  purposes  of  this  act. 
no  school  district  shall  be  entitled  to  more  than  one  school 
room  for  each  fifty  children  of  school  age  or  fraction  thereof 
in  such  district. 

At  the  end  of  each  fiscal  year,  the  state  treasurer  shall  re- 
turn the  balance  remaining  in  said  reserve  fund  to  the  current 
school  fund. 

Sec.  6.  The  school  directors  of  each  school  district  and 
the  boards  of  education  of  cities,  towns,  and  villages,  whether 
incorporated  under  general  or  special  laws,  shall  have  power 
and  are  hereby  required  to  provide  by  purchase  or  lease  suit- 


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able  school  houses,  to  keep  said  school  houses  in  repair,  to 
provide  same  with  necessary  furniture  and  fuel,  to  provide  for 
the  payment  of  teachers'  wages  and  interest  on  school  bonds 
and  for  the  redemption  thereof,  and  defray  all  other  contin- 
gent expenses  connected  with  the  proper  conduct  of  the  public 
or  common  schools. 

Sec.  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  school  directors  and 
boards  of  education  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  June  in  each 
year  to  make  and  certify  to  the  board  of  county  commissioners 
of  their  respective  counties  an  estimate  of  the  amount  of  funds 
necessary  for  such  purposes  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Sec.  8.  The  board  of  county  commissioners  of  each  county 
shall  annually  at  the  time  of  levying  other  taxes  levy  a  special 
school  tax  upon  all  the  taxable  property  in  each  of  such  dis- 
tricts, including  the  territory  attached  to  any  school  district 
for  school  purposes,  which  together  with  the  other  revenues 
provided  by  law,  will  be  sufficient  to  produce  the  amount  re- 
quired for  such  purposes  as  stated  in  such  estimate.  In  case 
said  board  shall  disapprove  such  estimate  or  in  case  the  school 
directors  of  any  district  or  any  board  of  education  fail  to  make 
an  esimate,  the  board  of  county  commissioners  shall  levy  such 
special  school  tax  for  such  district  as  in  its  opinion  will  be  suf- 
ficient to  provide  the  necessary  funds  for  the  purposes  speci- 
fied in  section  6  hereof:  Provided,  that  the  special  school  tax 
which  may  be  levied  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
act  shall  not  exceed  fifteen  mills  in  districts  other  than  incor- 
porated cities,  towns  and  villages,  and  tzventy  mills  in  such 
cities,  towns  and  villages. 

The  proceeds  of  such  special  school  tax  for  such  cities, 
towns  and  villages  shall  be  paid  to  the  treasurers  of  the  sev- 
eral boards  of  education.  The  county  treasurer  shall  take 
duplicate  receipts  therefor,  one  of  zvhich  he  shall  file  in  his 
office  and  the  other  he  shall  transmit  to  the  clerk  of  the  proper 
board  of  education. 

The  proceeds  of  such  special  school  tax  for  school  districts 
other  than  incorporated  cities,  towns  and  villages  shall  be 
credited  by  the  county  treasurer  to  the  respective  school  dis- 
tricts. 

Sec.  9.  To  further  provide  the  necessary  funds  for  the  con- 
duct of  the  public  schools  of  the  county,  the  board  of  county 
commissioners  shall  annually  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  Au- 
gust in  each  vear.  levy  a  general  county  school,  tax  of  three 


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mills  on  the  dollar  upon  all  the  taxable  property  <<\  the  counties 
to  he  assessed  and  collected  as  other  taxes  are  assessed  and 
collected.  The  proceeds  of  this  levy  shall  he  placed  to  the  credit 
of  the  general  county  school  fund. 

Sec.  10.  Any  surplus  in  the  sinking  fund  of  any  school 
district  may  be  applied  by  the  directors  of  said  district  to  the 
building  of  additional  school  houses  or  to  the  enlargement  of 
their  present  school  buildings. 

Sec.  11.  That  Section  25  of  Chapter  l>7  of  the  Laws  of 
1907,  and  Chapter  125  of  the  Lazes  of  1909  and  all  nets  an, I 
parts  of  aets  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  12.  That  it  is  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  the  pub- 
lic peace  and  safety  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  State  of  New 
Mexico,  that  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  become  effective  at 
the  earliest  possible  time,  and  therefore  an  emergency  is  hereby 
declared  to  exist,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  full 
force  and  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 


CHAPTER  52. 

An  Act  to  Empower  the  State  Board  of  Education  to  Pre- 
scribe and  Adopt  a  Course  of  Study  in  Industrial  Education 
for  the  Public  School  and  Require  its  Teaching  in  said  Schools, 
.hid  for  the  Appointment  by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lie  Instruction  of  a  State  Director  of  Industrial  Education,  and 
Defining  the  Duties  of  Such  Director  and  Providing  for  Com- 
pensation; Senate  Bill  Xo.  187,  (as  amended).  Approved 
June  10,  1912. 
Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico: 

Section  1.  That  the  State  Board  of  Education  is  hereby 
empowered  to  prescribe  and  adopt  a  Course  of  Study  in  Indus- 
trial Education,  including  domestic  science,  manual  training 
and  agriculture,  and  make  such  necessary  rules  and  regulations 
for  its  teaching  in  the  public  schools.  In  the  preparation  of 
the  Institute  Manuals  for  the  coming  year,  the  State  Board  of 
Education  max  include  a  course  of  study  in  Industrial  Educa- 
tion and  may  require  all  teachers  attending  County  Institutes 
and  Summer  Normal  .Schools  to  pass  an  examination  in  one  or 
more  of  the  branches  of  industrial  education. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion is  herein'  empowered  and  directed  to  appoint  a  State  Di- 
rector of  Industrial  Education,  who  shall  be  proficient  in  the 


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several  branches  of  such  education,  and  who  shall,  under  the 
direction  and  supervision  of  the  State  Superintendent,  have 
the  general  charge  of  the  introduction  and  teaching  of  indus- 
trial education  in  such  of  its  branches  and  in  such  of  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  the  state  as  shall  be  deemed  advisable  by  the 
State  Superintendent  and  the  said  Director  of  Industrial  Edu- 
cation, and  the  said  Director  shall  perform  such  other  duties 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  State  Superintendent. 

Sec.  3.  That  said  Director  of  Industrial  Education  shall 
receive  an  annual  salary  of  One  Thousand  Dollars,  payable  in 
like  manner  as  is  provided  for  the  payment  of  the  salary  of  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  and  shall  further 
receive  as  a  part  of  the  salary  of  said  office  the  sum  of  thirty 
dollars  from  all  counties  of  class  "A",  the  sum  of  twenty-five 
dollars  from  all  counties  in  class  "B",  and  the  sum  of  twenty 
dollars  from  all  counties  of  class  "C,"  "D,"  and  "E,"  said 
above  sums  to  be  set  apart  by  each  of  the  county  treasurers 
in  like  manner  as  county  institute  funds  are  now  provided  to 
be  set  aside  and  under  like  conditions ;  provided,  the  said 
county  sums  are  only  to  be  paid  said  State  Director  of  In- 
dustrial Education  by  said  County  Treasurer,  upon  said  Di- 
rector's visiting  and  instructing  in  the  various  counties  in  in- 
dustrial education. 

Sec.  4.  That,  to  the  end  that  said  Director  of  Industrial 
Education  may  visit  the  public  schools  so  far  as  possible,  make 
investigation  of  school  conditions  and  report  same  to  the  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  together  with  recom- 
mendations as  to  the  introduction  and  teaching  of  industrial 
education,  an  annual  appropriation  of  Six  Hundred  Dollars, 
or  such  part  thereof  as  may  be  required,  is  hereby  made  for 
traveling  expenses  in  visiting  schools  and  supervising  the  in- 
troduction and  teaching  of  industrial  education  in  said  schools 
payable  upon  presentation  of  certified  vouchers,  duly  approved 
by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  and  war- 
rants drawn  by  the  state  Auditor  upon  the  State  Treasurer. 

Sec.  5.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  6  That  it  is  necessary  for  tlie  preservation  of  the  public 
peace  and  safety  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  State  of  Nezv  Mexico, 
that  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  become  effective  at  the 
earliest  possible  time,  and  therefore  an  emergency  is  hereby 
declared  to  exist,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  full 
force  and  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 


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CHAPTER  57.      ' 

.  hi  Act  for  the  Establishment  of  County  High  Schools,  and 
Providing  for  tjlc  Maintenance  Thereof.   Senate  Substitute  for 
Senate  Bill  No.  29,  Approved  June  10,  1912. 
Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico: 

Section  1.  That  county  high  schools  may  be  established  as 
hereinafter  provided  in  each  county  of  this  state  having  a 
population  of  five  thousand  or  more  inhabitants  as  shown  by 
the  last  federal  census. 

Sec.  2.  When  petitioners  to  the  number  of  one-fifth  of  the 
electors  of  the  county,  including  women  qualified  as  provided 
by  section  1,  Article  VII.  of  the  State  Constitution,  shall  pe- 
tition to  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  any  county  of 
the  class  provided  for  in  section  one  requesting  an  election  be 
called  to  determine  the  question  of  establishing  a  county  high 
school  in  such  county  at  a  place  named  in  said  petition,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  said  board  of  county  commissioners  to  call  an 
election  for  said  purpose  not  less  than  thirty  days  following 
the  meeting  of  said  board  at  which  such  petition  is  received. 
Said  election  shall,  in  all  matters  not  herein  provided  for.  be 
called,  conducted  and  the  returns  made  and  canvassed  as  now 
provided  by  law  for  the  election  of  county  officers.  At  said 
election  the  ballots  shall  read  "For  a  county  high  school  at 

"  and  "Against  a  county  high  school  at 

If  a  majority  of  votes  cast  at  said 
election  shall  be  in  favor  of  establishing  such  high  school  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  to  establish  a  high  school  at  the 
place  named  in  said  petition  by  executing  a  certificate  under 
the  seal  of  said  board,  of  which  certificate  duplicates  shall  be 
delivered  to  the  county  clerk  and  the  assessor  of  said  county. 

Sec.  3.  All  children  of  school  age  residing  in  said  county 
who  have  passed  the  elementary  course  of  study  in  the  eighth 
grade,  as  prescribed  by  the  Hoard  of  Education  of  the  State 
or  the  district  wherein  any  such  school  is  located,  shall  be  ad- 
mitted to  such  county  high  school  free  of  tuition. 

Sec.  4.  The  management  and  government  of  each  of  said 
high  schools  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation or  school  directors  of  the  city  or  district  where  said 
school  is  established  and  maintained. 

Sec  5  The  county  superintendent,  by  virtue  of  his  office, 
shall  be  a  member  of  said  board.  All  members  of  the  board  of 
education  or  school  directors,  except  the  school  superintendent. 


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sha-.'  be  elected  and  the  board  shall  organize  in  the  same  man- 
ner a?  now  provided  by  law  except  that  women  qualified  as 
provided  in  section  one  of  this  act  shall,  have  the  right  to  vote 
and  hold  the  office  of  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  or 
school  director  in  the  city  or  district  where  the  county  high 
school  is  established. 

Sec  6.  For  the  purpose  of  maintaining  county  high  schools 
tht  boards  of  education  or  school  directors  of  all  the  county 
high,  schools  established  in  any  county  of  the  state  under  this 
act  shall  be  permitted  to  levy,  in  addition  to  the  levies  now  pro- 
vided by  law.  an  additional  levy  to  be  known  as  the  count}'  high 
school  levy  which  shall  not  exceed  two  mills  upon  the  dollar. 

Sec.  7.  Said  levy  made  for  county  high  schools  shall  be  cer- 
tified to  the  county  clerk  of  the  county  in  which  said  high 
school  or  schools  are  situate  by  the  president  and  secretary  of 
each  of  said  boards  and  the  county  clerk  is  hereby  directed  to 
certify  the  same  to  the  assessor  of  said  county  who  shall  place 
the  same  upon  the  tax  rolls  of  said  county  and  said  taxes  shall 
be  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  other  taxes,  and  when  col- 
lected the  county  treasurer  shall  place  the  same  to  the  credit  of 
the  district  or  districts  where  any  such  county  high  school  or 
schools  are  situate,  in  a  separate  fund  known  as  the  County 
High   School  Fund. 

The  treasurer  of  said  county  shall  apportion  said  high 
school  fund  among  the  high  schools  of  the  county  established 
under  this  act,  if  there  be  more  than  one  such  high  school,  in 
the  ratio  shown  by  the  number  of  children  attending  such 
high  schools  during  the  preceding  year.  Provided,  however, 
that  no  child  shall  be  counted  in  determining  said  ratio  who 
has  attended  said  high  school  for  less  than  half  of  the  regular 
session  of  its  high  school  year.  At  the  end  of  each  high  school 
year  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  board  or  school  direc- 
tors of  each  district  having  such  high  school  shall  certify  under 
oath  to  the  treasurer  of  the  county  the  number  of  such  pupil- 
attending  the  high  school  during  the  preceding  year  as  the 
basis  for  apportionment  of  the  county  high  school  fund.  Pro 
vided,  further,  that  only  one  such  county  high  school  shall  be 
established  in  any  county  of  the  state  during  any  one  year,  and 
that  when  an  additional  county  high  school  shall  be  established 
it  shall , receive  during  the  first  school  year  not  to  exceed  one- 
third  of  the  moneys  then  in  the  county  high  school  fund.  Pro- 
vided, further  that,  where  high  scho  ils  n  iw  located  in  counties 
are  established  and  designated  as  county  high  schools,  the  lim- 


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itation  hereinabove  made  to  the  number  of  county  high  schools 
established  in  any  one  year  shall  not  apply  and  the  county  high 
school  fund  shall  be  apportioned  among  such  schools  on  the 
basis  of  attendance  during  the  preceding  high  school  year  of 
such   schools. 

Sec.  8.  It  is  hereby  expressly  pr<  vided  that  the  cost  of  site, 
location  of  building  and  erection  and  cost  thereof  for  any 
such  comity  high  school  shall  be  entirely  borne  by  the  district 
where  such  high  school  is  established,  and  the  county  high 
school  fund  hereinbefore  provided  for  shall  be  used  only  for 
the  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  said  county  high  school 
or  high  schools. 

Sec.  9.  The  board  of  education  or  school  directors  of  the 
district  where  any  such  count}-  high  school  is  established  shall 
proceed  as  >oon  as  practicable  after  the  establishment  of  said 
county  high  school  to  secure  the  necessary  site  and  buildingv 
and  are  hereby  authorized  to  bond  the  said  district  as  now  pro- 
vided by  law  for  the  purpose  of  providing  the  necessary  site 
and  buildings. 

Sec.  10.  The  board  of  education  or  school  directors  of  the 
district  where  any  such  county  high  school  is  established  shall 
add  to  the  course  of  study  provided  for  such  school  the  addi- 
tional branches  of  manual  training,  domestic  science,  the  ele- 
ments of  agriculture  and  commercial  science. 

Sec.  11.  The  board  of  education  or  school  directors  of  the 
district  where  any  such  county  high  school  is  established  shall 
employ  and  discharge  teachers,  regulate  their  salaries  and. 
shall  have  the  power  and  authority  to  make  all  necessary  rules 
and  regulations  and  to  <h^  all  things  for  the  proper  manage- 
ment and  control  of  said  county  high  school. 

Sec.  12.  This  law  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect,  as  pro- 
vided by  law.  after -its  passage  and  approval. 


CHAPTER  64. 

An  Act  /<>  Amend  Section  Tzvo  of  Chapter  103  of  the  Acts  of 
the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Neiv  Mexico  of  the  Year  1909; 
And  Providing  That  the  Moneys  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
the  Town  of  I. as  Vegas  Shall  Constitute  a  Permanent  School 
Fund  and  be  Invested  in  Certain  Interest  Rearing  Bonds. 
House  Bill  Xo.  262,  Approved  June  10.  1912. 
Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Xew  Mexico: 
Section  1.  That  Section  2  of  Chapter  103  of  the  laws  of  the 
Legislative  Assembly  of  the  Territory  of  Xew  Mexico  of  the 


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year  1909  be  and  it  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 
Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Town  of  Las  Vegas  to  invest  any  and  all  moneys  now  in  its 
hands,  or  which  shall  hereafter  be  received  by  it,  excepting 
such  amount  as  said  court  may  deem  necessary  to  pay  the 
current  and  other  necessary  expenses  of  said  Board,  in  interest 
bearing  bonds  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico,  or  of  any  county, 
municipality,  district  or  political  subdivision  thereof,  author- 
ized to  issue  the  same  under  the  laws  of  this  State,  at  not  more 
than  their  par  value,  and  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  not 
less  than  four  per  centum  per  annum ;  and  the  said  moneys 
when  so  invested  shall  constitute  a  permanent  school  fund  as 
hereinafter  provided,  the  principal*of  which  shall  be  under  no 
circumstances  lessened  or  impaired,  and  shall  remain  inviolate : 
Provided,  That  no  part  of  such  moneys  shall  be  so  invested  nor 
shall  any  bonds  be  purchased  without  the  approval  of  the 
District  Court  of  San  Miguel  County,  New  Mexico :  Provided, 
further,  that  any  of  said  fund  may  be  temporarily  deposited 
with  some  bank  or  banks  designated  by  said  court,  and  the 
said  board,  upon  certificate  of  deposit  bearing  interest  at  the 
rate  of  not  less  than  four  per  centum  per  annum:  Provided, 
further,  that  at  any  time  in  the  judgment  of  the  district  court 
of  San  Miguel  County  and  the  said  board  of  trustees  it  be- 
comes expedient,  the  whole  of  said  interest  or  any  part  thereof 
may  be  applied  to  the  maintenance  of  an  industrial  manual 
training  school  for  boys  and  girls,  which  said  school  shall  be 
located  in  the  town  of  Las  Vegas. 


CHAPTER  77. 

An  Act  to  Distribute  the  Funds  Derived  from  Collections  of 
Delinquent  Taxes  Accruing  Prior  to  the  Year  1911.    Senate 
Bill  No.  155  Approved  June  12,  1912. 
Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico: 

Section  1.  That  all  money  collected  and  not  distributed  by 
the  treasurers  and  ex-officio  collectors  of  the  several  coun- 
ties in  the  state  on  account  of  delinquent  taxes  accruing  prior 
to  the  year  1911,  shall  be  distributed  as  follows: 

That  portion  of  said  taxes  levied  for  state  purposes  of  any 
character  shall  be  paid  into  the  state  treasury  and  by  the  state 
treasurer  covered  into  the  State  Road  Fund ;  all  of  the  re- 
mainder of  said  taxes  shall  be  covered  into  the  county  road 
fund  and  county  school  fund;  Provided,  that  the  apportion- 


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ment  of  the  said  taxes  as  between  the  said  county  road  fund 
and  the  said  county  school  fund  shall  be  made  in  the  discretion 
of  the  county  commissioners  of  each  county;  and  provided 
further,  that  no  part  of  said  delinquent  taxes  shall  be  covered 
into  said  school  fund  or  road  fund  until  all  valid  floating  in- 
debtedness, outstanding  and  ozving  by  the  respective  counties, 
evidenced  by  claims  approved  by  the  county  commissioners 
prior  to  January  first,  1911,  shall  have  been  fully  paid. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  is  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  the  pub- 
lic peace  and  safety  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  State  of  New 
Mexico,  that  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  become  effective 
at  the  earliest  possible  time,  and  therefore  an  emergency  is 
hereby  declared  to  exist,  and  this  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  full  force  and  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 


CHAPTER  83. 

An  Act  to  Provide  Funds  and  Making  Appropriations  for 
the  First  Fiscal  Year  for  the  Expenses  of  the  Executive,  Leg- 
islative and  Judicial  Department,  etc.  Senate  Bill  No.  179, 
Approved  with  Exceptions. 

(From   this   act   the   following   appropriations   are    for   the 
department  of  education  and  for  educational  institutions:) 
Department  of  Education  : — 

Salary  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction $3,000 

Salary  Assistant  Supt.  of  Public  Instruction 2,000 

Salary   Chief   Clerk 1,500 

Salary   of    Stenographer 900 

Contingent    and    Travelling    Expenses     including 

Printing    4,100 

Educational  Institutions : — 

University  of  New  Mexico $42,000 

X.  M.  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts  25.000 

X.  M.  Normal  School 28.000 

N.   M.   Normal   University 30.000 

N.  M.  School  of  Mines 22.500 

Military  Institute    ' 25,000 

Spanish  American  Normal  School 8,000 

Asylum  for  Deaf  and  Dumb 10,000 

Institute  for.  the  Blind 10,000 


PART    II. 


STATEMENTS  AND  CITATIONS  OF  LAW. 


INDEX. 


(Reference  to  pages  under  the  following  subjects  are  to  the  1909 
compilation  of  school  laws  unless  otherwise  stated).     ■ 

Page 
Alcoholic   Drinks  and    Narcotics 25 

Arbor     Day 25 

Bonds     2  5 

Census     or     Enumeration 26 

Election   of  School  Directors 2  7 

Expenditures     28 

Flags     2  9 

General     29 

Holidays     2U 

Organization    and     Meetings '.  .  30 

Poll     Tax 3  0 

Pupils     32 

Qualifications   of  Directors    3  2 

I  leports     32 

School    Funds     33 

Equipment,     Etc 3  3 

Tax     Levy 3  5 

Teachers    3  G 

Text     Books 3  7 

Vaccination     38 


school  directors    guide  25 

Alcoholic  Drinks  and  Narcotk 

Duties. 

Directors  shall  enforce  instruction  as  to  nature  of  and  ef- 
fects on  the  human  .system,  in  connection  with  physiology  and 
hygiene.      (Laws,    1912;   chap.    2{K   sec.    3,   page    12   of   this 
book.) 
Penalties. 

For  not  enforcing  provisions  concerning  the  teaching  of  ef- 
fects upon  the  human  system.  (Laws.  1912  :  chap.  29,  sec.  3, 
page  12  of  this  lx  m  »k. ) 

Arbor  Day. 

Duties. 

Directors  shall  require  the  observance  of  the  second  Friday 
in  March  as  Arbor  Day,  by  the  planting-  of  trees  and  by  ap- 
propriate exercises.     (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1625,  (a.)  page  88.) 

(Count}'  Superintendent  may  fix  some  day  earlier  or  later 
than  the  second  Friday  of  March  to  be  observed  according  to 
law.) 

Bonds. 

Duties. 

Directors  shall  submit  question  of  bonding  the  district  for 
the  purpose  of  building  a  school  house  to  the  voters  of  the  dis- 
trict, upon  an  order  from  the  County  Superintendent.  (Laws, 
1899:  chap.  46.  sec.  1,  page  140.) 

Directors  shall  provide  for  the  payment  of  interest  on  bonds 
and  for  the  redemption  thereof.     This  may  be  done  from  pro- 
ceed^ of  special   levy  or  other  funds  of  the  district.      (Laws, 
1912:  chap.  51.  sec.  6,  page  15  of  this  book.) 
Powers. 

The  directors  shall  have  power  and  authority  to  borrow 
money  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  and  completing  school 
houses,  by  issuing  negotiable  bonds  of  the  district.  (  By  opin- 
ion of  the  Attorney  Genera!  proceeds  of  bonds  may  be  used  to 
purchase  school  site.  )  The  question  of  issuing  bonds  must. 
however,  be  decided  by  majority  of  the  qualified  voters  of  the 
district  at  some  annual  or  special  election  called  in  the  usual 
way.  One  month's  notice,  (  for  form  of  notice,  see  page  74,), 
must  be  given  and  the  amount  to  be  raised  and  the  PURPOSE 
for  which  proceeds  are  to  be  used  must  be  clearly  stated  in  the 
notice.     (Laws  1897:  sec-.  1541-1542,  page  65.) 


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Prohibitions. 

Directors  may  not  issue  bonds  until  the  boundaries  (for 
form  of  certificate  see  page  75)  of  the  district  have  been 
established.     (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1545,  page  66.) 

Total  indebtedness  of  district  may  not  exceed  6  per  cent  of 
the  assessed  valuation  of  taxable  property  in  district.  (Consti- 
tution Art.  IX.,  sec.  11.) 


Census  or  Enumeration 

Duties. 

On  or  before  the  first  day  of  September  each  year,  directors 
shall  make  an  enumeration  (see  Enumeration  form,  page  71) 
of  all  unmarried  persons  between  5  and  21  years  of  age,  in 
the  district ;  giving  names,  ages  and  sex  of  such  persons  in  full, 
and  reporting  the  same  in  writing  which  shall  be  signed  by 
ALL  the  directors  and  sent  to  the  County  Superintendent 
within  fifteen  days  thereafter.  (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1535,  page 
63.)     (Laws,  1905:  chap.  23,  sec.  1,  page  190.) 

The  clerk  shall  correctly  enumerate  or  cause  to  be  enum- 
erated all  unmarried  persons  as  specified  in  the  foregoing, 
and  shall  receive  $1.50  for  each  hundred  names  or  fraction 
thereof  thus  enumerated.  (Laws,  1905:  chap.  23,  sec.  1, 
page  190.) 
Penalties. 

For  failure  or  refusal  to  return  complete  census.  (Laws, 
1903:  chap.  119,  sec.  13,  page  188.) 

For  false  enumeration.  (Laws,  1905 :  chap.  23,  sec.  2, 
page  190.) 

Compulsory  Education. 

Duties. 

Directors  shall  compel  parents,  guardians  or  other  persons 
having  control,  care  or  direction  of  children  between  the  ages 
of  seven  and  fourteen  years  (7  and  14)  to  send  such  children 
to  the  public  schools  during  the  entire  term  of  the  school,  un- 
less such  children  are  being  sent  to  private  or  denominational 
schools  of  equal  standing  with  the  public  schools,  and  unless 
children  are  physically  unfit  for  school  duties,  and  unless  they 
live  more  than  three  miles  from  public  schools.  (Laws  1897: 
sec.  1555,  page  70.) 

The  clerk  shall  give  public  notice  (see  form  of  notice,  page 
75)    of  the   foregoing  compulsory  education  provision   writ- 


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ten  or  printed,  both  in  English  and  Spanish,  posted  in  three 
conspicuous  places  in  district,  or  printed  in  a  newspaper  within 
the  district.     (Laws,  1897  :  see.  1555,  sub-sec.  2,  page  70. 

Directors  shall,  through  the  County  Superintendent,  pin- 
chase  books  for  indigent  children  j  such  books  to  be  the  prop- 
erty of  the  district  and  to  be  loaned  to  such  indigent  children; 
but  no  district  may  purchase  more  than  S50.00  worth  of  books 
for  this  purpose,  in  any  one  year.-  (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1555, 
page  71.) 

Directors  shall  enforce  compulsory  education  provisions 
upon  deaf  mute  children,  with  regard  to  the  Asylum  for  Deaf 
Mutes,  in  the  same  manner  provided  for  enforcing  attendance 
upon  the  district  schools.  (  Laws,  1899:  chap.  42,  sec.  4,  page 
139.) 


Election  of  School  Directors. 

Duties. 

Directors  shall  post  notices  (see  form  of  notice,  page  69) 
on  the  second  Monday  in  March ;  hold  election  on  first  Monday 
in  April;  act  as  judges;  administer  oath  (for  form  of  oath 
see  page  70)  to  directors  elected ;  canvass  vote ;  send  ballots 
(for  form  of  ballot  see  pag'e  69)  and  certificate  (for  form 
of  certificate  of  election,  see  page  69)  of  the  result  of  elec- 
tion to  County  Superintendent.  Director  or  directors  elected 
shall  file  oath  with  County  Superintendent  before  first  Mon- 
day in  May. 

Qualified  voters  for  election  of  school  directors  are  all  legal 
voters  residing  in  district.  Legal  voters  at  school  elections 
are  citizens,  including  women,  of  the  United  States  twenty- 
one  years  of  age  who  have  lived  in  the  precinct  thirty  days. 
in  the  county  ninety  days;  in  the  state  twelve  months.  (Con- 
stitution. Art.  VII,  sec.  1. 

Idiots,  insane  persons,  persons  convicted  of  a  felonious  or 
infamous  crime  unless  restored  to  political  rights,  and  Indians 
not  taxed  may  not  vote  at  any  election.  (Constitution,  Art. 
VII,  sec.  1.)  ' 

Conte'st  of  election  must  be  made  within  thirty  days.  (Laws 
1897:  sec.  1532.  page  61.) 

(  )ne  director  only  shall  be  voted  for  at  each  annual  election, 
except  in  case  of  vacancy,  and  he  shall  hold  office  for  three 
years.      (Laws,  1901:  chap.  55  sec.  2,  page  157.) 


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Women  may  hold  the  office  of  School  Director.  (Consti- 
tution Art.  VII.  sec.  2.) 

Upon  creation  of  a  new  district,  County  Superintendent  ap- 
points  (for  form  of  certificate  of  appointment,  see  page  6 
three  directors  to  serve  until  next  regular  election.      (Laws. 
1907:  chap.  97,  sec.  22,  page  212)   (but  see  also  Laws,  1897: 
sec.  1527,  page  59.) 

At  first  election  after  creation  of  district,  three  directors 
shall  be  voted  for,  one  to  hold  office  three  years,  one  to  hold 
office  two  years,  and  one  to  hold  office  one  year.  (Laws, 
1901  :  chap.  55,  sec.  1,  page  157.)  Write  your  county  super- 
intendent for  information  as  to  correct  form  of  poll  book. 
Penalties. 

For  failure  to  call  elections  and  post  proper  notices.  (Laws, 
1897:  sec.  1532,  page  61.) 

For  failure  to  perform  all  duties  in  connection  with  elections. 
(Laws  1909:  chap.  121,  sec.  12,  p.  250.) 

Expenditures. 
Duties. 

All  expenditures  must  be  made  by  written  warrant  (for 
form  of  warrant,  see  page  68)  signed  by  the  chairman  and  the 
clerk  of  the  school  board  and  approved  by  County  Superin- 
tendent. Itemized  statements  must  accompany  warrants. 
(Laws,  1897:  sec.  1536,  page  64;  Laws,  1903:  sees.  7-12, 
chap.  119,  pages  186-188;  Attorney  General's  decision.) 
Prohibitions. 

Directors  may  not  incur  debts  aggregating  more  than  six 
per  cent  of  the  value  of  taxable  property.  (Constitution,  Art. 
IX,  sec.   11.) 

Directors  may  not  incur  debts  for  any  current  year  which 
can  not  be  paid  out  of  the  money  actually  collected  and  be- 
longing to  that  year.  (Laws,  1897:  sec.  299,  page  21  ;  Laws, 
1897:  sees.  300,  301,  pages  21,  22.) 

DIRECTORS  MAY  NOT  ACT  AS  AGENTS  OR  RE- 
CEIVE COMMISSION  OR  BE  PARTIES  DIRECTLY 
OR  INDIRECTLY  TO  ANA'  COXTRACT  FOR  WHICH 
PUBLIC  MONEY  IS  TO  BE  USED  TX  CONDUCTING 
PUBLIC  SCHOOLS.  (LAW'S,  1903:  CHAP.  119/SEC.  7, 
PAGE  186.) 
Penalties. 

For  incurring  indebtedness  for  current  year  which  can  not 


S(  HOOL    DIRECTORS     (".('IDE  2U 

be  paid  out  of  money  collected  for  and  belonging  to  that  year. 

I  Laws.  1897:  sec  299,  page  21.) 

For  paying  public  money  to  any  other  than  a  legaily  quali- 

i  teacher,     i  Laws.  1007:  chap.  (>7,  sec.  8,  page  205.) 

For  violation  of  law  concerning  salaries  of  teachers.  (Laws, 

1907;  chap.  97,  sec.  9,  page  206.)      (See  also  Laws  1909. 

chap.  121.  sec.  12.  p.  250.) 

Note. — For  form  of  contracts  for  fuel,  etc.,  and  teacher,  see 

pages  66  and  74. 

Flags. 
1  )uties. 

Directors  shall  procure  a  United  States  flag  at  least  five 
feet  long,  flag  staff,  etc..  tor  display  on  or  in  the  school  house; 
and  shall  replace  the  same  when  necessary. 

Directors  shall  cause  the  flag  to  be  displayed  on  suitable  oc- 
casions during  school  hours  upon  the  school  building  or  prem- 
ises, and  shall  establish  rules  and  regulations  for  the  proper 
care  and  display  of  the  flag.  When  it  is  not  displayed  on  the 
school  building,  directors  shall  require  it  to  be  placed  con- 
spicuously in  the  principal  room  of  the  school  building.  (Laws, 
1905:  chap.  48.  sees.   1-2,  page  191.) 

General. 
Duties. 

Directors  shall  have  general  control  and  management,  sub- 
ject to  County  Superintendent.  (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1535, 
page  h3.) 

Directors    shall    defray    all    contingent    expenses   connected 
with  the  proper  conduct  of  the  schools  of  the  district.     (Laws, 
1912:  chap.  51.  page  16  this  book.) 
Penalties. 

For  failure  to  perform  certain  duties.  (Laws,  1897:  sec. 
1535.  page  63  :  Laws,  1003  :  chap.  119,  sec.  8.  page  187;  Laws, 
1909:  chap.  121.  sec.  12.  page  250.) 

Holidays. 

In  addition  to  the  legal  holidays  designated  by  law.  viz: 
July  fourth,  Columbus  Day  (Chap.  10.  L.  1912.  page  10  this 
book),  December  twenty-fifth,  and  January  first,  and  all  days 
designated  by  proclamation  of  the  governor  as  fast  days  or 
thanksgiving  days,  February  twelfth  (Lincoln's  birthday) 
and    February   twenty-second    (Washington's   birthday)    may 


30  SCHOOL  directors'  guide 

hereafter  be  observed  by  the  public  schools  as  legal  holidays ; 
and,  provided  any  teacher  or  teachers  in  the  rural  districts  and 
village  schools  shall  have  arranged  beforehand  a  program  of 
exercises  by  the  pupils  appropriate  for  the  occasion  for  the 
preceding  day,  the  directors  of  such  district  shall  not  deduct 
any  moneys  from  teachers'  salary  because  of  their  absence 
from  active  school  duty  on  such  holiday.  (Laws,  1903:  chap. 
119,  sec.  20,  page  189.  Compilation  of  1909.) 

Xote.— The  original  provision  of  the  law  of  1907  giving  a 
teacher  regular  salary  during  the  holiday  vacation  for  a  period 
not  to  exceed  fifteen  days  has  been  repealed.  The  length  of 
the  holiday  vacation  is  fixed  by  the  Board  of  School  Directors 
and  it  may  be  made  one  day  or  one  month,  whatever  the 
Board  may  decide.  If  no  exercises  are  prepared,  salary  may 
be  deducted  for  even  one  day. 

Organization  and  Meeting. 
Duties. 

Five  days  after  qualification  of  elected  director  or  directors, 
(election  having  been  properly  held  and  certified  to  County 
Superintendent,  and  oath  of  elected  director  having  been  filed 
with  County  Superintendent  before  first  Monday  in  May)  the 
three  directors  shall  meet  and  organize  by  electing  a  chair- 
man and  a  clerk :  and  two  directors  shall  constitute  a  quorum 
which  shall  be  competent  to  discharge  all  the  duties  of  a 
full  board. 

Directors  shall  meet  at  their  accustomed  place  at  least  once 
every  thirty  days,  for  the  transaction  of  public  business. 
(Laws,  1903:  chap.  119,  sec.  11,  page  187.) 

Vacancy  in  the  board,  occurring  between  elections,  shall  be 
filled  by  appointment  (for  form  of  certificate,  see  page  65)  by 
County  Superintendent :  the  director  so  appointed  to  serve 
until  the  next  election.     (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1533,  page  62.) 

Xote. — Records  should  be  carefully  kept  of  all  transac- 
tions of  the  board  and  these  together  with  all  papers,  etc.. 
should  be  given  into  the  hands  of  the  succeeding  board. 

Poll  Tax. 
Duties. 

The  clerk  shall  make  out  lists  (for  form  of  notice  and  list, 
see  page  72)  of  residents  in  his  district  liable  to  pay  poll  tax, 
?nd,  for  this  service,  shall  receive  $3.00,  to  be  paid  by  war- 
rant, signed  by  the  directors  and  approved  by  County  Super- 
intendent.    (Laws,  1897:  sec.   1549,  page  68.) 


school  directors'  guide  31 

The  clerk  shall  make  at  least  four  copies  of  names  of  per- 
sons liable  to  pay  poll  tax  to  be  used  in  the  following  manner: 

1.  On  the  first  Monday  in  February,  he  shall  post  one  list 
in  some  conspicuous  place  in  the  district,  for  the  information 
of  the  people. 

2.  On  or  before  the  first  Monday  in  April,  he  shall  report 
a  complete  list,  in  writing-,  to  the  county  clerk  and 

3.  A  complete  list,  in  writing,  to  the  County  Superintend- 
ent ;  and  he  shall  report  to  said  Superintendent  the  amount  of 
poll  tax  collected,  from  whom  collected,  the  names  of  persons 
still  delinquent  and  the  reasons  for  such  delinquency ;  and 
further, 

4.  One  such  complete  list  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
school  district  clerk.     (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1550,  page  69.) 

The  clerk  shall  collect  said  poll  tax  ( for  form  of  receipt,  see 
page  1)  and  shall  receive  10  per  cent  of  all  moneys  collected 
from  poll  taxes. 

All  poll  taxes  shall  be  paid  to  the  County  Treasurer,  for  the 
use  of  the  district,  and  the  Treasurer  shall  pay  to  the  clerk  his 
percentage  of  the  gross  amount  collected.     (Laws,  1897:  sec. 
1549,  page  69.) 
Powers. 

Clerk  may  bring  suit  for  collection  of  poll  tax  if  tax  is  not 
paid  thirty  days  after  first  demand.  (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1549, 
page  68.) 

Clerk  may  demand  of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  a  list 
of  employes,  and  if  he  finds  the  names  of  persons  liable  to  pay 
poll  tax  in  the  district  who  have  not  paid  such  tax,  he  shall 
give  such  names  to  employer ;  and  said  employer  shall  pay 
poll  tax,  taking  receipt  from  collector,  and  deduct  amount  of 
poll  tax  from  any  moneys  due  employe. 

(Refusal  on  the  part  of  any  employer  to  comply  with  the 
foregoing  shall  be  punished  by  fine.)     (Laws.  1907:  chap  96, 
sees.  1.  2,  page  197.) 
Penalties. 

Clerk  failing  to  collect  poll  tax.  (Laws  1909:  chap.  121. 
sec.  12,  page  250.) 

X.  B. — In  order  that  no  possible  difficulty  may  arise  in  the 
collection  of  poll  tax  through  the  courts,  it  is  recommended 
that  on  April  1st.  the  clerk  post  in  three  conspicuous  places 
lists  of  persons  delinquent  in  the  matter  of  payment  of  poll 
tax.     If  payment  is  not  made  within  thirty  days,  bring  suit. 

Xo  property  exempt  from  execution. 


32  SCHOOL   directors'  guide 

Justices  and  constables  shall  not  demand  fees  in  advance. 
Persons  exempt  from  payment  of  poll  tax:  Firemen,  persons 
bodily  disabled,  militiamen. 
Sec.    1762,   C.   L.   '97. 
Sec.    1549,   C.   L.   '97. 
Sec.   2278,   C.   L.   '97. 

Pupils. 
Powers. 

Directors  may  admit  non-resident  pupils  if  school  accommo- 
dations are  sufficient,  may  determine  the  rate  of  tuition  (not 
to  exceed  20  per  cent  more  than  the  average  cost  per  capita  for 
education),  and  collect  the  same.  (Laws,  1907:  chap.  97,  sec. 
29.  pag-e  216.) 

Pupils  who  become  five  years  of  age  after  September  first, 
the  date  of  enumeration,  should  not  be  allowed  to  enter  school 
until  the  next  school  year. 
Penalties. 

For  refusing  to  receive  pupils  on  account  of  race  or  color. 
(Laws,  1897:  sec.  1556,  page  71.) 

Qualifications  of  Directors 

Any  qualified  elector  may  hold  this  office.  (Constitution. 
Art.  VII,  sec.  2.)  (Persons  convicted  of  certain  •  serious 
crimes  are  disqualified. 

No  restrictions  on  account  of  religion,  race.,  language  or 
color,  or  inability  to  speak,  read  or  write  the  English  or  Span- 
ish languages.      (Constitution,  Art.  VII,  sec.  3.) 

Directors  must  have  been  regularly  elected,  and  must  have 
qualified  by  taking  oath  and  by  filing  same  with  County  Su- 
perintendent.    (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1532,  page  61.) 

Should  be  a  citizen  of  the  I  Jnited  States  and  of  legal  ace. 
(No  restrictions  as  to  sex.)     Constitution.  Art.  XII,  sec.  2.) 

Reports. 

Duties. 

On  or  before  the  first  day  of  July  the  clerk  shall  make  a 
report  in  writing  to  the  County  Superintendent  :  showing  the 
amount  of  money  collected  and  expended  for  school  house 
sites,  school  houses,  fuel,  interest  on  bonds,  contingent  ex- 
penses  and  salaries  paid  teachers  within  the  twelve  months 
preceding.     (Laws.   1897:  sec.   1535.  page  63.) 

When  contracts  for  public  school  buildings  have  been  let, 
the  clerk  shall  make  to  the  County  Superintendent,  from  time 
to  time  as  the  said  Superintendent  shall  require,  an  itemized 


SCHOOL    DIRECTORS'    GUIDE  33 

statement  under  oath,  of  cost  of  labor  and  material  used  and. 
work  done  where  practicable,  and  apparatus  required  and 
used  for  conducting  and  furnishing  said  building.  (Laws. 
1903:  chap.  119,  sec.  7.  page  186.) 

Between  the  first  day  of  June  and  the  first  day  of  July  each 
year,  the  clerk  shall  make  a  report  to  the  County  Superintend- 
ent in  writing,  showing  in  detail  the  financial  condition  of  the 
district;  the  amount  of  money  received  and  from  what  source, 
including  receipts  from  poll  taxes,  etc.,  district  bonds  or  spe- 
cial levies,  and  the  manner  in  which  the  same  has  been  dis- 
bursed during  the  previous  year,  amount  expended  for  re- 
pairs or  improvements  of  school  houses  and  grounds,  whether 
rented  or  owned  by  the  district,  the  value  of  all  school  prop- 
erty, amount  of  bonded  indebtedness  of  district,  status  of  in- 
terest fund,  amounts  paid  for  rent,  fuel,  etc.,  salaries  paid 
teachers  for  the  preceding  year,  the  number  and  sex  of  the 
school  population,  and  amount  expended  for  books  for  indi- 
gent children  under  Sec.  1555,  Compiled  Laws  of  1897,  as 
amended.     (Laws,  1903:  chap.  119,  sec.  8,  page  186.) 

Within  ten  days  after  the  end  of  the  scholastic  year  June 
15th,  directors  shall  file  statistical  (see  paragraph  1  of  this 
section)  reports  with  the  County  Superintendent,  as  are  re- 
quired by  law.     (Laws,  1907:  chap.  97,  sec.  24.  page  214.  ) 

The  clerk  shall  report  to  the  County  Superintendent  name, 
age,  sex,  and  residence  of  all  deaf  mute  children  in  the  dis- 
trict, together  with  P.   O.   address  of  parents  or  guardians. 
(Laws,  1899:  chap.  42,  sec.  4,  page  139.) 
Penalties. 

For  failure  to  make  reports  and  to  perform  other  duties. 
(Laws,  1897:  sec.  1535,  page  63;  Laws,  1903:  chap.  119. 
sec.  8,  page  187;  Laws,  1909:  chap.  121,  sec.  12,  page  250.) 

School  Funds. 
Penalties. 

For  using  public   money   for  private  purposes  or   for  any 
other  than  legal  purposes.      (Laws    1897:  sees.    1125,    1126, 
page  46.) 
School  Property — School  Houses,   Sites,   Furniture 

Funr.MKxT,  K  iv. 
Duties. 

Directors  shall  have  care  and  keeping  of  school  property. 
(Laws.  1897:  sec.  1533.  page  62.  | 

Directors  shall,  by  purchase  or  lease,    provide    a    suitable 


34  SCHOOL    DIRECTORS'    GUIDE 

school  house,  and  shall  keep  the  same  in  repair.  (Laws,  1912: 
chap.  51,  page  16  this  book.) 

Directors  shall  submit  question  of  issuing  bonds  for  building 
school  house  to  the  voters  of  district  upon  order  from  County 
Superintendent.     (Laws,  1899:  chap.  46,  sec.  1,  page  140.) 

District  may  borrow  money  for  erecting  or  furnishing 
school  buildings  and  purchasing  school  grounds.  (Laws 
1912:  chap.  13,  page  11  this  book.) 

When  surplus  to  the  credit  of  school  district  is  used  to  pro- 
cure suitable  school  house  site  and  to  erect  a  proper  school 
house  thereon,  the  directors  shall  open  proper  books  of  ac- 
count with  said  surplus  fund,  and  enter  receipts  and  disburse- 
ments on  account  of  fund ;  and  take  itemized  bills  in  duplicate, 
one  to  be  kept  by  directors,  and  one  to  be  submitted  with  war- 
rant drawn  in  payment,  to  the  County  Treasurer.  (Laws, 
1903:  chap.  37,  sees.  1,  2,  pages  176,  177.) 

When  letting  contracts  for  public  school  buildings,  directors 
shall  require  of  the  contractor  good  and  sufficient  bond  for 
the  faithful  execution  of  said  contract.  (Laws,  1903:  chap. 
119,  sec.  7,  page  186.) 

The  clerk  shall  make  an  itemized  statement  under  oath,  of 
the  cost  of  labor  and  material  used  and  work  done  where  prac- 
ticable, and  apparatus  required  and  used  for  conducting  and 
furnishing  said  building ;  and  directors  shall  consult  with  and 
solicit  the  cooperation  of  County  Superintendents  whenever 
it  becomes  necessary  to  purchase  furniture,  fixtures,  etc.,  for 
district  school.     (Laws,  1903:  chap.  119,  sec.  7,  page  186.) 

If  surplus  money  is  not  sufficient  to  complete  buildings,  di- 
rectors shall  carry  on  construction  so  far  as  funds  permit  and 
succeeding  boards  of  directors  shall  proceed  with  the  work,  ac- 
cording to  contract,  until  work  is  completed.  (Laws  1903: 
chap.  37,  sec.  3,  page  178.) 

Burning  of  school  building,  penalty  for.  (Laws,  1897:  sees. 
1103,  1104  page  45.) 
Powers. 

Directors  may  open  school  house  for  the  use  of  religious,  po- 
litical, literary,  scientific,  mechanical,  agricultural  and  indus- 
trial societies  belonging  to  the  district,  for  the  purpose  of  hold- 
ing business  or  public  meetings  of  said  societies.  (Laws,  1897: 
sec.  1533.  page  62.) 

Directors  may  borrow  monev  for  the  purpose  of  erecting 
and  completing  school  houses,  by  issuing  bonds  of  the  district. 
(Laws,  1897:  sec.  1541,  page  65.) 


SCHOOL    DIRECTORS     GUIDE  35 

Directors  may  submit  to  the  voters  of  the  district,  at  the 
annual  or  any  special  meeting  called  for  the  purpose,  the  ques- 
tion of  issuing  bonds  for  erecting  or  completing  school  house, 
giving  the  same  notice  of  such  meeting  as  is  now  required  for 
the  election  of  directors,  and  the  amount  proposed  to  be  raised 
by  the  sale  of  bonds.  This  question  shall  be  voted  upon  by 
the  qualified  voters,  including  women,  of  the  district,  and  if  a 
majority  are  in  favor  of  the  issue  of  bonds,  the  directors  shall 
issue  bonds  to  the  amount  voted.  (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1542, 
page  65.) 

Directors  may  withdraw  surplus  in  general  school  fund  to 
credit  of  district,  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  a  suitable  site 
and  building  a  school  house  thereon.  (Laws,  1903:  chap.  37, 
sees.  1-5,  page  176.) 

Directors  may  secure  site  and  proceed  with  the  building  of 
school  house  so  far  as  funds  on  hand  for  that  purpose  will 
permit.     (Laws,  1903:  chap.  37,  sec.  3,  page  178.) 

Directors  may  expend  money  from  treasury  for  insurance 
of  school  building.     (Laws,  1903:  chap.  37,  sec.  4,  page  178.) 

Directors  may  maintain  more  than  one  school  in  district. 
(Laws,  1907:  chap.  97,  sec.  22,  page  212.) 
Prohibitions. 

Directors  may  not  incur  obligations  in  securing  site,  build- 
ing, or  repairing  school  houses,  beyond  the  amount  available 
in  the  county  treasury,  for  such  purposes,  except  by  issuance 
of  bonds.     (Laws,  1903:  chap.  37,  sec.  2,  page  177.) 
Penalties. 

For  locating  brothels  near  school  house.  (Laws,  1901  : 
chap.  84,  page  160.) 

For  refusing  to  submit  question  of  issuing  bonds  for  build- 
ing.    (Laws.  1899:  chap.  46,  sec.  1-3,  page  140.) 

For  failure  to  carry  out  provisions  as  to  use  of  surplus  funds 
for  securing  site  and  building  as  directed  by  County  Superin- 
tendent.    (Laws,  1903:  chap.  37,  sec.  5,  page  178.) 

N.  B. — Write  Department  of  Education,  Santa  Fe,  X.  M., 
for  book  of  plans  and  specifications  for  school  buildings,  when 
you  are  contemplating  building  a  school  house. 


Tax  Lt-w. 
Duties. 

On  or  before  the  first  Monday  in  May,  the  directors  shall, 
to  provide  necessary  funds  for  school  purposes,  make  estimate 


36  school  directors'  guide 

on  the  taxable  property  of  the  district  for  tax  levy.  (Laws, 
1912:  chap.  51,  page  16  this  book.) 

Directors  shall  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  June,  certify 
tax  levy,  when  made,  to  County  Commissioners  and  said  levy, 
when  approved  by  County  Commissioners,  shall  be  collected 
and  accounted  for  as  other  taxes.  (Laws,  1912:  chap.  51, 
page  16  this  book. ) 

To  provide  necessary  funds  for  conducting  school,  directors 
in  rural  districts  may  levy  tax,  not  to  exceed  15  mills  on  the 
dollar  in  any  one  year,  on  the  taxable  property  of  the  district. 
Boards  of  Education  in  incorporated  cities,  towns  and  villages 
may  levy  20  mills.  (Laws,  1912;  chap.-  51,  page  16,  this 
book. ) 

If  directors  fail  to  make  levy  or  if  their  levy  is  not  approved, 
the  county  commissioners  shall  levy  what  in  their  judgment  is 
needed  (read  carefully  chap.  51,  Laws,  1912:  page  16  this 
book.) 

County  Commissioners  must  also  make  one-half  mill  state 
levy  and  3  mills  county  levy.  (Laws,  1912:  chap.  51,  page 
14  this  book.) 

Teachers. 

Duties. 

Directors  shall  employ  (  for  form  of  contract,  see  page  66) 
and  pay  teachers.  (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1535,  page  63.) 

Directors  shall  require  certificate  of  health  showing  that 
teacher  is  not  afflicted  with  tuberculosis  or  consumption 
in  transmissible  form.  (Laws,  1901  :  chap.  43,  sec.  2-3  page 
154.) 

Directors  shall,  upon  complaint  of  tax-payer,  require  teacher 
to  take  health  examination.  (Laws,  1901  :  chap.  43,  sec  5, 
page  154.) 

Directors  shall  discharge  teachers  unable  to  pass  health  ex- 
amination.    (Laws,  1901  :  chap.  43,  sec  5,  page  154.) 

Directors'  shall  pay  teachers  monthly.  (  Laws,  1901  :  chap. 
57,  sec>.  1,  2,  page  158.)  School  month  shall  consist  of  four 
weeks  of  five  days  each,  and  a  school  day  shall  consist  of  six 
hours,  but  the  noon  intermission  is  not  to  be  counted  as  part 
of  the  six  hours.)      (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1557,  page  72.  ) 

Directors  shall  employ  only  legally  qualified  teachers.  A  le- 
gally qualified  teacher  is  one  who  holds  three  certificates: 

1.     A  health  certificate. 


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2.  A  certificate  of  attendance  at  Institute  held  within 
twelve  months,  or, 

An  excuse  for  non-attendance  signed  by  the  County  Super- 
intendent and  the    State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

3.  A  teacher's  certificate  signed  by  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction,  or, 

A  permit  signed  by  th    County  or  State  Superintendent,  (for 
form,  see  pages  68  and  70). 
(Laws,  1907:  chap.  97,  sec.  8,  page  205.) 

Directors  shall  pay  teachers'  wages  according  to  law. 

1.  Teachers  holding  third  grade  certificates  and  permits 
may  not  draw  over  $50.00  per  month. 

2.  Holders  of  second  grade  certificates  may  not  draw  over 
$75.00  per  month.      (Laws,  1907  :  chap.  97,  sec.  26,  page  215) 

Directors  shall  pay  teachers  not  to  exceed  one  month,  if 
school  is  closed  by  directors  on  account  of  danger  from  disease, 
loss  by  fire,  etc.,     (Laws,  1907:  chap.  97,  sec.  26,  page  215.)    * 

Two  directors  (they  must  be  chairman  and  clerk)  shall  sign 
teachers'  warrants,  and  Count}'  Superintendents  shall  approve 
if  legal  requirements  have  been  met.  (Laws,  1897:  sec.  1536, 
page  64. )     . 

Teachers   shall  keep   records  and  make   reports  to   County 
Superintendent  (for  form  of  reports,  see  pages  40-42.)   (Law.-. 
1897:  sec,  1536,  page  64.) 
Prohibitions. 

Directors  may  not  deduct  any  money  from  teacher's  salary 
because  of  absence  from  active  duty  on  legal  holiday,  if  pro- 
gram in  celebration  shall    have  been    held    on    day    previous. 
(Laws  1903  :  chap.  37,  sec.  20,  page  189.) 
Penalties. 

For  failure  to  require  certificate  of  health  from  teach'er. 
(Law>,  1901  :  chap.  43,  sec.  6,  page  155.) 

For  violating  provisions  with  reference  to  payment  of  teach- 
ers' salaries.  (Laws.  1897,  sec.  1535.  page  63.)  (Laws,  1907: 
chap.  97,  sec.  26.  page  215.)  (Laws,  1909:  chap,  121,  sec.  12. 
page  250.) 


Text  Books. 
Penalties. 

For  knowingly  permitting  any  other  text  book  to  be  used 
in  the  first  eight  grades  than  those  approved  and  adopted  by 


38  SCHOOL  directors'  GUIDE 

State  Board  of  Education.      (Laws   1907:  chap.  97,   sec.   9, 
page  206;)  also  (Constitution,  Art.  20,  sec.  17.) 

Note — List  of  adopted  texts  may  be  found  in  Manual  of  the 
Course  of  Study  for  Common  Schools,  a  copy  of  which  should 
be  in  the  hands  of  each  teacher.  Upon  request,  a  list  will  be 
sent  from  the  office  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Vaccination. 

Duties. 

The  teacher  shall  see  that  the  children  in  his  district  are 
successfully  (this  means  that  children  have  been  vaccinated 
within  five  years  and  vaccination  is  effective ;  physicitan's  cer- 
tificate that  vaccination  is  effective  is  sufficient)  vaccinated 
or  have  been  vaccinated  within  one  year  previous,  and  shall 
make  report  to  tthe  County  Superintendent.  (Laws,  1901  :  chap. 
17,  sec.  26,  page  150.)  (Laws,  1903  :  chap.  103,  sec.  29,  page 
184.) 

Directors  shall  pay  for  vaccination  of  children  whose  parents 
are  unable  to  pay  by  reason  of  poverty.     (Laws,  1901  :  chap.  17 
sec.  27,  page  150.)      (Laws,   1903:  chap.   103,  sec.  30,  page 
185.) 
Powers. 

Directors  may  appoint  physician    to     vaccinate     children. 
(Laws,  1901:  chap.  17,  sec.  27,  page  151.) 
Penalties. 

Parents  refusing  to  have  children  vaccinated  subject  to  a 
fine  of  $10.00  to  $100.00.  (Laws,  1903:  chap.  103,  sec.  29, 
page  184.) 


PART    III. 


SIXTY  QUESTIONS  AND  ANSWERS  CONCERNING   Itl  RAL 
SCHOOL   ADMINISTRATION 


l'ag> 

1.  What  steps  must  be  taken  in  collecting  poll  tax? 40 

2.  May  election  of  directors  be  contested  ? 40 

:!.      What  text  books  shall  be  used  in  the  schools? 12 

4.  What  general   provision   is  there  in  the  law  concerning 

violation  by  school  directors  of  the  laws  as  to  their 

powers    and    duties? 42 

5.  For  what  purposes  may  a  school  district  vote  bond-,? 42 

6.  How  may  the  boundaries  of  the  school  district  be  fixed? 42 

7.  What  are  the  qualifications  of  voters  at  the  election  for 

school    directors? 42 

8.  What  are  the   qualifications  of  voters  at  an  election   to 

determine  the     issuance  of  bonds? 43 

9.  What  are  the  qualifications  fo  voters  at  an  election  to 

determine    upon    special    levy? 43 

10.  What  are  the    duties  of  directors  as  to  the  taking  of  the 

census?    43 

11.  What  are   legal  holidays? 43 

12.  May  school  boards  pay  teachers  salaries  during  vacation 1  I 

13.  How   may   directors  learn   the  amount  of  money  to  the 

credit  of  the   district?    4  4 

14.  May  the  school  house  be  used  for  other  than  school  pur- 

poses and  who  has  authority  to  grant  the  privilege? 44 

15.  Where  should   the  school  house   tie   located? 44 

16.  Hew   may  furniture  and  equipment  be  secured? 44 

17.  For  what  expenditures  should  directors  make  contracts? 4  4 

18.  How  proceed  in  the  matter  of  electing;  school  directors? 44 

19.  How  should  warrants  be  made? 15 

20.  How  shall   directors  proceed   in  the   matter   of  erection 

of   school  house? 4 :> 

21.  What  are  the  steps  in  enforcing  the  Compulsorj   Educa- 

tion   Law? 4  C. 

22.  What  publications  should  be  in  the  hands  of  the  directors 48 

23.  May  Boards  of  Directors  secure  the  services  of  an  attor- 

ney and  pay  him  from  the  funds  of  the  districl  ? 48 

2  4.      What   is  the   Batenian   Year? Is 

25.  What  authority  has  the  county  superintendent? 49 

26.  When   is   money   apportioned   to   the   district   and    from 

what    sources? 49 

2  7.      What  is  a  school  year?    4  9 

28.      May  a  teacher  inflict  corporal  punishment? 4  9 


40  SCHOOL    DIRECTORS     GUIDE 

Page 

29.  What  moneys  belonging   to   the  school   may  the  school 

directors    receive    and    disburse    without    depositing 

with   the   county  treasurer? 50 

30.  May  a  teacher  enforce  rules  as  to  cleanliness? 50 

31.  May  a  .school  site  be  secured  by  making  part  payment 

each    year  ? 50 

32.  May  a  district  maintain  more  than  one  school? 50 

33.  How  proceed  in  the  matter  of  securing  a  teacher? 50 

34.  How  much  tuition  should  be  charged  non-residents? 51 

35.  What  blanks  should  a  teacher  have? 51 

36.  How  may  school  districts  be  consolidated? 51 

37.  Who  is  a  resident  of  a  school  district? 51 

38.  How  may  a  school  district  be  divided? 51 

39.  A\  hen  may  a  school  district  be  disorganized? 52 

4  0.      What  are  the    steps  in  enforcing  vaccination? 52 

41.  What  blanks  should  be  in  the  hands  of  the  directors? 53 

42.  What  publications  should  be  in  the  hands  of  the  teacher? 54 

43.  Shall  teachers  be  paid  during  vacation? 54 

44.  What  are  the  duties  of  the  teacher? 54 

4  5.      How  may  the  people  of  a  district  build  a  school  house? 54 

46.      Is  dancing  allowed  in  the  school  house? 55 

4  7.      May  the  district  borrow  money? 55 

48.  What  are  the  provisions  of  the  law  with  reference  to  the 

study  of  nature  of  alcoholics  and  narcotics? 55 

4  9.      What  are  the  provisions  of  the  law  with  reference  to  the 

teaching  of  civics  and  history  of  New  Mexico? 55 

50.  What    is  the    duty  of  the  school  districts  with  reference 

to   special   levies? 56 

51.  May  warrants  be  drawn  on  the  district  funds  to  pay  for 

transportation  of  pupils? 56 

52..     May  the  school  board  buy  books  for  a  school  library? 56 

53.  What     is  the  minimum  school  term? 56 

54.  What  provision  is  there  in  the  law  for  Industrial  Educa- 

tion?      56 

5  5.      Wrhat   provision   is   there  foi'  high   school   privileges  for 

children  living  in  rural  districts? 56 

56.      At  what  school  elections  may  women  vote? 56 

5  7.      May  women  hold  oiTice  of  s:hool  director? 57 

58.  May  more  than  one  school  be  maintained  in  a  district? 57 

59.  May  district  property  be  transferred? 57 

60.  How  may  state  aid  be  secured  to  run  a  Ave  months  term?.  .  .  .57 


QUESTIONS  AND   ANSWERS 


Question. 

What  steps  must  be  taken  in  collecting  poll  tax? 
Answer. 

A  poll  tax  of  one  dollar  shall  be  levied  upon  all  able  bodied 
male  persons,  of  the  age  of  21  years  or  over,  residing  in  the 


SCHOOL    DIRECTORS     GUIDE  41 

district.     Old  age  is  not  a  sufficient  excuse  for  not  paying  poll 
tax,  unless  a  man  is  bodily  disabled  because  of  "Id  age. 

The  clerk  shall  make  out  a  li-i  of  persons  in  the  district  liable 
to  pay  poll  tax  for  which  he  shall  receive  S3. 00  to  be  paid  upon 
warrant  out  of  the  funds  of  the  district. 

On  the  first  Monday  in  February,  the  clerk  shall  post  a  copy 
of  this  list  in  some  conspicuous  place  in  the  district.  He  shall 
then  proceed  to  collect  the  p  '11  tax  from  each  person  named  on 
the  list;  and  for  this  service,  he  shall  receive  ten  per  cent  of  all 
the  moneys  collected. 

All  moneys  collected  shall  be  paid  to  the  County  Treasurer 
for  the  use  of  the  district,  and  the  school  district  clerk  shall  be 
paid  his  percentage  by  said  County  Treasurer,  upon  warrant 
approved  by  County  Superintendent. 

If  poll  tax  is  not  paid  thirty  days  after  the  first  demand, 
the  clerk  may  bring  suit  in.  the  name  of  the  school  district. 

On  the  first  Monday  in  April,  the  clerk  shall  send  complete 
written  list  of  all  persons  liable  to  poll  tax  to  County  Clerk, 
and  also  a  complete  written  list  to  County  Superintendent : 
also,  he  shall  keep  one  such  list  on  file  in  his  office.  He  shall 
also  report  to  the  County  Superintendent,  on  or  before  the  first 
Monday  in  April,  the  amount  of  poll  tax  collected,  from  whom 
collected,  the  names  of  persons  still  delinquent  and  the  reasons 
for  such  delinquency. 

To  facilitate  the  collection  of  poll  tax.  any  person,  firm  or 
corporation  may  be  asked  by  the  clerk  to  furnish  list  of  em- 
ployes; and  if  the  clerk  is  unable  to  collect  poll  tax  from  em- 
ployee or  employes,  the  employer  shall  pay  the  poll  tax,  taking 
a  receipt  therefor ;  and  he  shall  then  deduct  the  amount  of  the 
poll  tax  from  the  wages  or  salary  of  each  employe.  For  re- 
fusing to  furnish  lists  on  demand  of  clerk,  the  employer  is 
subject  to  fine. 

See  also  page  30. 

Question. 

May  election  of  directors  be  contested? 

Answer. 

Yes.  Such  contest  may  be  made  to  County  Superintendent, 
at  any  time  within  thirty  days  after  the  election.  When  elec- 
tion is  contested,  the  Comity  Superintendent  shall  turn  over 
ballots,  in  the  same  condition  as  they  were  received  by  him.  to 
the     Probate     Clerk,     in     order    that    thev  may  be  examined 


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under  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  ballots  in  other  cases 

of  contested  elections  for  county  officers. 

Question. 

What  text  books  shall  be  used  in  the  school? 
Answer. 

Only  those  approved  and    adopted    by    the    State    Board 
of  Education.     Send  for  list  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction,  Santa  Fe,  N.  M. 
Question. 

What  general   provision  is   there   in  the  law  covering  the 
violation  by  school  directors  of  the  laws  as  to  their  powers  and 
duties  ? 
Answer. 

They  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than 
$25.00  nor  more  than  $500.00. 
Question. 

For  what  purposes  may  a  school  district  vote  bonds  ? 
Answer. 

For  purchasing  sites  for  school  houses,  for  erecting  and  com- 
pleting school  houses,  and  for  refunding  bonds. 
Question. 

How  may  the  boundaries  of  the  school  district  be  fixed  ? 
Answer. 

Upon  request  from  residents  of  district,  or  upon  his  own 
initiative,  the  County  Superintendent  may  request  the  County 
Surveyor  to  locate  boundary  lines  and  corners  of  any  school 
district.  The  cost  of  such  proceedings  shall  be  charged  to  the 
county,  and  the  County  Commissioners  may  allow  from  the 
general  county  fund,  not  to  exceed  $50.00  for  each  school  dis- 
trict, for  such  purpose. 

The  boundaries  of  all  school  districts  shall  coincide  so  far  as 
possible  with  precinct  boundaries.  Monuments  or  other  nat- 
ural objects  used  to  mark  boundaries  shall  be  marked  "District 
Number — ."  An  outline  map  of  the  district  should  be  made, 
showing  length,  breadth,  and  proposed  location  of  school 
house.  A  copy  of  this  map  should  be  filed  with  the  County 
Superintendent,  and  it  should  show  actual  site  of  school  house 
Question. 

What  are  the  qualifications  of  voters   at  the  election  for 
school  directors7 
Answer. 

They  shall  be  legal  voters  resident  in  the  district,  having 
paid  the     poll  tax  for  the  current  year.     Legal  voters  at  all 


SCHOOL    DIRECTORS'    GUIDE  43 

elections  affecting  the  schools  are  citizens,  including  women, 
of   the    United    States   21    years   or  mure   of  age,    who    have 
lived  in  the  precinct  one  month;  in  the  county  three  months; 
in  the  State  twelve  months. 
Question. 

What  are  the  qualifications  of  voters  at  an  election  to  de- 
termine the  issuance  of  bonds  ? 
Answer. 

They  shall  be  legal  (see  foregoing  answer)  voters  resident  in 
the  district. 
Question. 

What  are  the  qualifications  of  voters  at  an  election  to  de- 
termine as  to  a  special  levy? 
Answer. 

They  shall  be  legal  (see  foregoing  answer)  voters  resident  in 
the  district. 
Question. 

What  are  the  duties  of  directors  as  to  the  taking  of  the 
school  census  ? 
Answer. 

On  or  before  the  first  day  of  September,  the  clerk  shall  cor- 
rectly enumerate  or  cause  to  be  enumerated  all  unmarried  per- 
sons resident  in  the  district,  between  5  and  21  years  of  age, 
giving  names  in  full,  ages  and  sex  of  such  persons. 

For  such  service,  the  clerk  shall  be  paid  by  proper  warrant 
as  usual,  from  funds  of  the  district;  said  warrant  to  be  signed 
by  chairman,  clerk  and  County  Superintendent.  He  shall  re- 
ceive $1.50  for  each  hundred  names  or  fraction  thereof  enum- 
erated. 

The  list  of  persons  enumerated  as  above  shall  be  sent  to  the 
County  Superintendent,  on  or  before  Sept.  15th,  and  such  list 
shall  be  signed  by  all  the  directors. 

The  penalty  for  wilfully  placing  fictitious  names  or  names 
of  non-residents  on  list  is  a  fine  of  from  $10.00  to  $50.00. 
Question. 

What  are  the  legal  holidays? 
Answer. 

Columbus  Day.  Christmas  Day.  Xew  Year's  Day.  Lincoln 
Dav.  Washington  Day,  and  Tulv  Fourth:  also  such  other  days 
as  the  Governor  may  proclaim,  as  fast  days  or  thanksgiving 
days.  Arbor  day  shall  be  a  holiday  when  appropriately  ob- 
served.     (Thanksgiving  day  is  proclaimed  every  year.) 


4  4  SCHOOL    DIRECTORS     GUIDE 

Question. 

May  school  hoards  pay  teachers'  salaries  during  vacation? 
Answer. 

Yes ;  hut  the  average  monthly  salary  for  the  term  shall  not 
exceed  the  amount  allowed  per  month  for  grade  of  certificate 
held  by  teacher. 
Question. 

How  may  directors  learn  the  amount  of  money  to  the  credit 
of  the  district'- 
Answer. 

By  asking  the  County  Superintendent  or  the  County  Treas- 
urer. 
Question. 

May  the  school  house  be  used  for  other  than  school  purposes, 
and  who  has  authority  to  grant  privilege  ? 
Answer. 

The  school  directors  have  the  authority  to  grant  or  deny 
the  use  of  the  school  house  for  meetings  of  religious,  political, 
literary,  scientific,  mechanical,  agricultural  and  industrial  so- 
cieties. The  school  house  may  also  be  used  for  holding  elec- 
tions. 
Question. 

Where  should  the  school  house  be  located  ? 
Answer. 

It  should  be  located  on  a  suitable  site  on  some  public  high- 
way or  thoroughfare ;  centrally  located,  if  most  convenient  for 
majority  of  residents  who  have  children  of  school  age. 
Question. 

How  may  furniture  and  equipment  be  secured? 
Answer. 

By  purchasing  such  supplies  as  are  necessary,  after  consul- 
tation with  the  County  Superintendent.     Warrants  drawn  in 
payment   must   have   the  approval   of    the    County     Superin- 
tendent. 
Question. 

For  what  expenditures  should  directors  make  contracts? 
Answer. 

For  teacher's  salary,  for  fuel,  for  rent  of  building  (if 
rented),  and  for  building,  completing  or  repairing  school 
house.  Contracts  for  fuel,  building,  completing  or  repairing 
school  house  should  be  let  after  calling  for  and  receiving  bids. 
Question. 

How  proceed  in  the  matter  of  electing  school  directors? 


SCHOOL    DIRECTORS     GUIDE  45 

Answer. 

Upon  creation  of  a  new  district,  the  County  Superintendent 
shall  appoint  three  directors  to  serve  until  the  next  regular 
election.  On  the  second  Monday  of  March,  directors  serving 
shall  post  notices  of  an  election  to  be  held  on  the  first  Monday 
in  April  by  qualified  voters,  including-  women,  residing  in  the 
district,  for  three  directors :  In  case  more  than  one  director 
is  to  be  voted  for,  each  voter  shall  vote  for  a  candidate  for  each 
vacancy  to  be  filled  indicating  opposite  each  name  the  term  of 
office:  one  for  three  years,  one  for  two  years,  and  one  for  one 
year ;  and  at  each  succeeding  election,  one  director  shall  be 
elected  for  term  of  three  years. 

Vacancies  are  to  be  filled  by  County  Superintendent  until 
next  regular  election  when  such  vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  the 
election  of  a  director  to  fill  out  the  unexpired  term.  In  the 
event  of  a  tie  in  an  election  for  school  director,  there  is  no  elec- 
tion and  County  Superintendent  will  appoint  as  in  other  cases 
of  vacancies. 

The  election  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  in  April,  be- 
tween the  hours  of  eight  a.  m.,  and  five  p.  m.,  at  the  public 
school  house  or  other  convenient  place  specified  in  notice.  The 
directors  serving  shall  act  as  judges  and  election  shall  be  by 
written  or  printed  ballots.  Directors  shall  certify  result  to 
County  Superintendent :  and  the  director  or  directors  elected 
shall  file  oath  (administered  by  directors  as  judges  of  election, 
by  a  notary,  or  by  any  other  person  qualified  to  administer 
oaths,)  with  the  County  Superintendent,  before  the  first  Mon- 
day in  May.  The  term  of  office  of  director  or  directors  elected 
shall  begin  the  first  Monday  in  May. 
Question. 

What  is  the  proper  form  of  school  warrants? 
Answer. 

All  payments  must  be  made  on  warrants  of  some  regular 
form,  properlv  numbered,  drawn  on  the  County  Treasurer. 
Such  warrants  shall  be  signed  by  chairman  and  clerk  of  board 
of  directors,  and  countersigned  by  County  Superintendent,  if 
he  thinks  the  expenditure  justifiable. 
Question. 

How  shall  directors  proceed  in   the  erection    of    a    school 
house. 
Answer. 

The  necessarv  monev  being  on  hand  to  the  credit  of  the 


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district,  in  the  district  school  fund,  the  directors  shall,  in  con- 
sultation with  the  County  Superintendent,  prepare  or  have  pre- 
pared plans  for  the  proposed  school  building.  (Write  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction,  Santa  Fe,  N.  M.,  for  "Book  of 
Plans  and  Specifications  for  Small  School  Houses,"  published 
by  the  State  Department  of  Education.) 

Having  determined  upon  the  plans,  the  directors  should  ad- 
vertise for  bids  for  the  erection  of  a  school  house,  upon  the 
basis  of  definite  specifications.  Such  advertisement  may  be 
made  in  newspapers  or  by  posting  notices,  with  the  provision 
that  bids  will  be  opened  thirty  days  after  first  notice  posted  or 
printed  in  newspapers. 

The  Board  in  letting  to  the  successful  bidder,  the  contract 
which  should  have  the  approval  of  County  Superintendent, 
shall  require  a  good  and  sufficient  bond  for  the  faithful  exe- 
cution of  contract. 

The  contract  having  been  let,  the  County  Treasurer  shall 
honor  and  pay  all  warrants  drawn  by  the  board  of  school  di- 
rectors when  the  same  are  accompanied  by  itemized  and  veri- 
fied accounts  and  vouchers ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  school 
directors  to  open  proper  books  of  account  with  the  fund  from 
which  money  is  taken  for  building  or  completing  school  house. 
All  warrants  must  be  signed  by  chairman  and  clerk  of  school 
board  and  be  countersigned  by  County  Superintendent,  if  he 
thinks  expenditure  justifiable  (by  Attorney  General's  opin- 
ion.) Directors  shall  not  contract  for  or  incur  obligations  for 
building  or  improving  school  house  beyond  the  amount  of 
money  available  in  the  county  treasury  for  such  purpose. 

If  the  money  is  received  from  the  sale  of  bonds,  the  law  re- 
quires that  it  shall  be  deposited  with  the  County  Treasurer 
to  the  credit  of  the  district  fund,  and  expended  in  the  regular 
way. 

Question. 

What  are  the  steps  in  enforcing  the  Compulsory  Education 
Law  ? 

Answer. 

First : — Clerks  of  boards  of  school  directors  should  post  or 
publish  notices  at  once  as  provided  in  the  Act.  See  Sec.  1555, 
Laws,  1897.     The  following  form  of  notice  is  suggested: 


school  directors    guide  47 

Notice  to  Parent  or  Guardians  of  Children  of 
Compulsory  School  Age. 

Sec.  1555,  Laws,  1897,  as  amended. 

The  school  directors  or  board  of  any  school  district,  town  or 
city  in  this  State,  are  hereby  empowered  and  required  to 
compel  parents,  guardians,  or  other  persons  having  control, 
care  or  direction  of  children,  when  such  children  do  not  attend 
some  private  or  denominational  school,  to  send  such  children 
under  their  control  to  the  public  school  during  the  entire  time 
such  school  is  in  session  in  each  scholastic  year  in  their  re- 
spective school  communities,  except  that  children  referred  to 
in  this  act  shall  not  be  less  than  seven  nor  more  than  fourteen 
years  of  age,  or  of  such  physical  disability  as  to  unfit  them  for 
school  duties,  which  disability  shall  be  certified  to  by  some 
regular  practicing  physician ;  provided,  That  the  private  or  de- 
nominational school  shall  be  equal  in  its  teaching  to  the  public 
school  of  the  district ;  and  Provided,  further,  That  this  section 
shall  not  apply  to  children  who  live  more  than  three  miles  from 
a  public  school. 

Any  parent,  guardian  or  other  persons  having  the  control 
of  children  and  who  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  send  such  children 
to  school  as  required  by  this  act,  after  the  clerk  of  the  school 
district  or  the  clerk  of  any  town  or  city  school  board  shall 
have  given  public  notice  containing  the  substance  of  this  act, 
written  or  printed  in  both  English  and  Spanish,  by  posting  in 
some  conspicuous  place  at  three  separate  points  within  the  dis- 
trict, or  publishing  the  same  in  some  newspaper  within  the  dis- 
trict, shall  be  punished,  upon  conviction  thereof,  by  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  $5  nor  more  than  $25,  or  by  imprisonment  for 
not  more  than  ten  days  in  any  county  jail. 

County  Superintendents  are  hereby  vested  with  general  su- 
pervisorv  powers  in  this  matter  and  shall  require  directors  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section;  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  presiding  judge  of  the  district  court,  to 
give  at  each  session  of  the  court,  the  substance  of  this  law  as  a 
special  charge  to  their  respective  grand  juries,  and  it  is  made 
the  duty  of  the  district  attorneys  to  give  particular  heed  to  the 
prosecution  of  cau-e^  growing  out  of  violations  of  this  Act; 
and  all  fine^  so  collected  for  the  violation  of  this  Act  shall  be 
paid  into  the  county  treasury  and  placed  to  the  credit  of  the 
school  district  in  which  the  offense  occurs. 

Second : — All  children  over  seven  years  of  age  and  under 


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fourteen  years  of  age  must  attend  school  for  the  entire  term 
in  the  district.  If  the  district  holds  school  for  five  months,  the 
children  must  attend  school  for  five  months.  If  the  district 
holds  school  for  seven  months,  the  children  must  attend  school 
for  seven  months. 

Third: — In  the  event  that  any  child  of  compulsory  school 
age  shall  fail  to  attend  school  REGULARLY  as  required  by 
this  Act,  it  becomes  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  district  board 
of  school  directors  to  notify  the  district  attorney  of  such  viola- 
tion of  the  law,  and  "It  is  made  the  duty  of  the  district  attorney 
to  give  particular  heed  to  the  "prosecution."  (District  or  Justice 
Court.) 

Fourth  : — County  Superintendents  are  vested  with  general 
supervisory  powers  and  shall  compel  compliance  with  the  law. 

Fifth: — Sec.    12,  Chap.  21,  Laws  of  1909,  imposes  a  fine 
upon  the  County  Superintendent  or  any  other  school  officer  for 
failure  to  perform  his  duty. 
Question. 

What  publications  should  be  in  the  hands  of  the  directors? 
Answer. 

A  copy  of  the  latest  compilation  of  School  Laws  of  New 
Mexico,  (Spanish  or  English;)  and  any  other  pamphlets  re- 
lating to  powers  and  duties  of  directors.  These  may  be  pro- 
cured from  the  County  Superintendent  or  from  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction. 

If  building  or  improvement  is  contemplated,  write  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  for  a  copy  of  Book  of  Plans  and 
Specifications  for  Small  School  Buildings. 
Question. 

May  Boards  of  Directors  secure  the  services  of  an  attorney 
and  pay  him  from  the  funds  of  the  district  ? 
Answer. 

Yes,  Provided  the  Bateman  Act  is  not  violated.  Warrants 
drawn  in  payment  for  legal  services  shall  be  drawn  in  the  usual 
way ;  signed  by  chairman  and  clerk  of  school  board  and  by 
County  Superintendent  if  he  deems  the  expenditure  justified. 
Question. 

What  is  the  Bateman  year? 
Answer. 

It  is  the  year  ending  Sept.  1st,  and  in  such  a  year,  the  district 
may  contract  no  debt  (except  by  issuance  of  bonds)  which 
can  not  be  paid  out  of  the  receipts  for  the  year. 


school  directors'  guide  4(j 

Question. 

What  authority  has  the  County  Superintendent? 
\iiswer. 

He  has  jurisdiction  over  all  the  schools  of  the  county  ex- 
cept those  in  cities  (but  those  in  cities  shall  make  reports  to 
County  Superintendents)  subject  to  the  supervision  and  juris- 
diction of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

The  Count)-  Superintendent  shall  supervise  methods  of  in- 
struction employed  in  county  schools;  consult  with  school  direc- 
tors concerning  improvements  and  keeping  accounts;  enforce 
compliance  with  school  laws;  organize  or  disorganize  districts, 
or  change  boundaries  of  school  dictricts. 

All  warrants  drawn  against  the  funds  of  the  district  must 
bear  the  signature  of  the  County  Superintendent  as  well  as  the 
signatures  of  the  chairman  and  clerk  of  the  school  board;  and 
the  County  Superintendent  may  refuse  to  sign  warrants  which 
are  illegal  or  not  justifiable. 

Reports  shall  be  made  to  the  County  Superintendent  as  called 
for  by  him. 
Question. 

When  is  money  apportioned  to  the  district  and  from  what 
sources  ? 
Answer. 

Money,  aside  from  the  proceeds  of  district  bonds,  special 
levies  and  fines  and  licenses  belonging  directly  to  the  district, 
is  apportioned  by  the  County  Superintendent  from  the  proceeds 
of  the  state  half  mill  tax,  the  lease  of  public  land  and  such  fines 
and  licenses  as  belong  to  the  general  county  school  fund. 

Apportionment    shall    be   made    quarterly,    beginning   with 
January. 
Question. 

What  is  a  school  year  ? 
Answer. 

The  school  year  is  from  June  15th  to  June  15th — that  is. 
reports  are  made  for  the  year  ending  June  15th.     It  does  not 
mean  the  length  of  time  the  school  is  in  session. 
Question. 

May  a  teacher  inflict  corporal  punishment? 
Answer. 

Yes,  but  such  punishment  should  be  used  only  as  a  last  re- 
sort and  must  be  inflicted  in  a  reasonable  manner.  In  all  cases 
it  is  best  to  make  an  effort  to  secure  the  consent  of  the  parent 
before  the  punishment  is  inflicted. 


50  school  directors'  guide 

Question. 

What  moneys  belonging  to  the  school  may  the  directors  re- 
ceive and  disburse  without  depositing  with  the  County  Treas- 
urer ? 
Answer. 

Absolutely  None.  All  moneys  received  for  tuition,  rents, 
sale  of  school  property,  equipment,  or  supplies,  or  from  any 
other  source  whatsoever  shall  be  turned  over  immediately  to 
the  County  Treasurer  and  placed  by  him  to  the  credit  of  the 
district  to  be  paid  out  only  on  proper  warrant  signed  by  the 
chairman  and  clerk  of  school  board  and  county  superintendent. 
All  money  received  from  sale  of  bonds  must  also  be  left  with 
the  County  Treasurer  and  disbursed  in  the  regular  way.  Li- 
censes and  fines  must  be  turned  over  to  the  County  Treasurer 
by  persons  authorized  to  collect  them  and  disbursed  accord- 
ing to  law. 
Question. 

May  a  teacher  enforce  rules  as  to  cleanlinness  ? 
Answer. 

•'     Yes;  it  is  her  duty  to  do  so,  though  of  course  tact  and  pa- 
tience are  required  to  produce  lasting  results. 
Question. 

May  a  school  site  be  secured  by  making  part  payments  each 
year  ? 
Answer, 

Yes;  provided  the  Bateman  Law  is  not  violated. 
Question. 

May  a  district  maintain  more  than  one  school? 
Answer. 

Yes. 
Question. 

How  proceed  in  the  matter  of  securing  a  teacher7 
Answer. 

Usually  teachers  apply  to  the  Board  of  Directors  and  it  then 
becomes  the  duty  of  the  board  to  determine  whether  or  not  the 
various  applicants  have  fulfilled  the  legal  requirements.  (See 
law  with  reference  to  teachers  in  Part  Two. 

If  no  teacher  applies  for  the  position,  the  directors  should 
consult   with  Count}-  Superintendent  as  to  available  teachers. 

Having  determined  upon  a  suitable  teacher,  directors  should 
see  that  a  written  contract  is  signed  in  triplicate ;  one  copy  to  be 
kept  by  the  clerk  of  the  board,  one  to  be  kept  by  teacher  and 
one  to  be  forwarded  to  County  Superintendent. 


school  directors'  guide  51 

Question. 

How  much  tuition  should  be  charged  non-residents? 

Answer. 

The  board  of  directors  may  fix  the  charge,  but  such  charge 
shall  not  be  greater  than  20  per  cent  more  than  the  average 
cost  per  capita  based  on  the  average  number  of  pupils  belong- 
ing to  the  school  throughout  the  previous  school  term. 

When  non-resident  pupils  or  their  parents  or  guardians  pay 
a  school  tax  in  any  district,  such  pupils  shall  be  admitted  to 
the  school  and  the  amount  of  such  school  tax  shall  be  credited 
on  their  tuition,  and  they  shall  be  required  to  pay  tuition  only 
for  the  difference  therein. 
Ouestion. 

What  blanks  should  the  teacher  have? 
Answer. 

1.  Term  register  (two — one  to  be  filed  with  clerk  of  board 
and  the  other  to  be  filed  with  County  Superintendent  at  the 
close  of  term. ) 

2.  Term  report  to  be  sent  to  County  Superintendent  (see 
Common  School  Course  of  Study. ) 

3.  Monthly  report  to  be  sent  to  County  Superintendent. 

4.  Monthly  reports  to  be  sent  to  parents. 

Ouestion. 

How  may  school  districts  be  consolidated? 
Answer. 

The  County  Superintendent  shall  consolidate  school  districts, 
on  presentation  of  separate  petitions  signed  by  the  majority  of 
electors  residing  in  the  respective  territories  affected. 

Ouestion. 

Who  is  a  resident  of  a  district? 
Answer. 

Anyone  who  has  moved  into  the  district  at  any  time  for  the 
purpose  of  making  it  his  home,  who  conducts  himself  as  a  resi- 
dent of  the  district,  -ends  his  children  to  the  local  school,  etc. 
Ouestion. 

How  may  a  school  district  be  divided? 
Answer. 

By  petition  of  the  County  Superintendent,  if  accompanied 
by  statement  showing  that  at  least  2?  children  of  school  age 
live  in  each  district  affected.  The  County  Superintendent 
may  divide  a  district  and  in  making  adjustment  of  finances,  he 
shall  have  the  co-operation  of  the  Board  of  County  Commis- 


52  .  school  directors'  guide 

sioners,  and  such  adjustment  shall  be  made  as  will  best  sub- 
serve the  interests  of  the  districts.  All  indebtednesss  of  old 
district  shall  be  paid,  and  balance  divided.  All  resources  such 
as  school  houses,  proceeds  from  sale  of  bonds,  also  all  similar 
indebtedness  shall  be  divided  among  the  ditricts  in  proportion 
to  taxable  property,  according  to  the  assessed  value  of  each. 
'But  no  district  shall  be  so  reduced  as  to  make  its  bonded  in- 
debtedness exceed  6  per  cent  of  its  assessed  valuation. 

(The    State    Department    of    Education    does    not    favor 
division  of  districts.     It  is  better  if  necessary  for  a  district  to 
maintain  two  schools,  or  more  as  it  may  legally  do. ) 
Question. 

When  may  a  school  district  be  disorganized  ? 
Answer. 

Whenever  the  number  of  persons  of  school  age  in  the  dis- 
trict is  reduced  below  15,  from  causes  over  which  the  County 
Superintendent  does  not  have  control,  and  these  causes  seem 
likely  to  be  permanent,  said  County  Superintendent  is  em- 
powered to  disorganize  the  district  and  attach  the  territory, 
to  the  adjoining  district  or  districts.  If  district  to  be  disor- 
ganized is  liable  for  bond  issue  or  interest  thereon,  the  County 
Commissioners  are  required  to  make  levy  and  order  collection 
thereof  on  the  property  of  the  district  in  order  to  pay  said 
bonds  and  interest  in  regular  manner. 
Question. 

What  are  the  steps  in  enforcing  vaccination? 
Answer. 

Each  teacher  of  the  public  school  (rural,  village,  town  or 
city)  shall  deny  admittance  to  the  school  to  all  children  who 
are  not  so  vaccinated. 

Every  child  admitted  to  the  school  should  be  required  to  pre- 
sent statement  from  a  reputable  physician  licensed  to  practice 
in  the  State  of  New  Mexico,  certifying  that  sajd  child  is 
properly  protected  by  vaccination ;  said  certificate  specifically 
stating  that  the  child  has  been  effectively  vaccinated  (leaving 
well  pronounced  scar)  within  a  period  of  five  years  previous 
to  date  of  entrance  upon  the  school  or  that  such  child  has  been 
vaccinated  either  with  or  without  pronounced  effect,  within  a 
period  of  twelve  months  previous  to  entering  the  school. 

N.  B. — It  is  the  concensus  of  opinion  of  the  physicians  of 
the  U.  S.  that  an  effective  vaccination  protects  the  child 
against  small  pox  for  a  period  of  at  least  five  years. 


SCHOOL  directors'  guide  53 

At  the  beginning  of  the  school  year  and  at  such  other  times 
thereafter  as  it  may  be  deemed  advisable,  the  teacher  shall 
make  report  to  the  County  Superintendent,  giving  the  number 
of  children  who  have  been  vaccinated  within  a  year,  and  the 
number  who  have  presented  certificates  certifying  to  effective 
vaccination  within  a  period  of  five  years;  together  with  a  list 
of  names  of  parents  who  refuse  or  fail  to  have  their  children 
vaccinated. 

It  becomes  the  duty  of  the  sheriff  or  any  constable  whom  the 
sheriff  may  designate  to  arrest  such  parents  or  guardians ;  and 
upon  conviction,  they  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  $25  nor  more 
than  $100.,  or  be  imprisoned  as  provided  by  law. 

The  fine  collected  for  violation  of  this  act  shall  become  a  part 
of  the  school  fund  in  the  district  in  which  the  offender  lives. 

The  Count}-  Superintendent  of  Schools  is  required  to  enforce 
the  law  touching  the  vaccination  of  children  attending  the  rural 
schools  under  his  supervision.  In  incorporated  cities  and 
towns,  the  Boards  of  Education  are  required  to  enforce  the  law. 

Sec.  12,  Chap.  121,  Laws  of  1909,  provides  a  penalty  ($25 
to  $500)  for  the  failure  of  any  member  of  a  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, any  County  Superintendent  to  perform  his  duty  imposed 
or  by  virtue  of  the  law. 

Vaccination  may  be  performed  by  the  County  Health  Of- 
ficer or  by  any  reputable  licensed  physician. 

The  expense  of  vaccination  of  children  in  indigent  families 
may  be  met'  as  provided  in  Sec.  30,  Chap.  103,  Laws  of  1910. 

Question. 

What  blanks  should  be  in  the  hands  of  the  Directors7 
Answer. 

1 .  Warrants. 

2.  Teacher's  contract. 

3.  Notices  for  election  of  Directors  and  bond  elections, 
elections. 

4.  Oath  of  Director. 

5.  Poll  tax  notices. 
5.      Poll  tax  lists. 

7.  Enumeration  blanks. 

8.  Poll  tax  receipts. 

9.  Contracts  for  fuel. 

10.  Poll  books. 

1 1.  Record  books. 


54  SCHOOL    DIRECTORS     GUIDE 

Question. 

What  publications  should  be  in  the  hands  of  the  teacher? 
Answer. 

1.      Common  School  Course  of  Study  for  New  Mexico. 

2..  Institute  Manual  for  New  Mexico,  (for  the  previous 
season. ) 

3.  Books  of  New  Mexico  Public  School  Anniversaries. 

4.  New  Mexico  Educational  Directory. 
Question. 

Shall  teacher  be  paid  during  vacations? 
Answer. 

The  Directors  may  pay  teachers  during  vacation,  but  the 
terms  of  the  Bateman  Act  requiring  all  expenditures  to  be  made 
from  receipts  for  the  current  year,  must  not  be  violated.  Also 
the  average  salary  paid  the  teacher  per  month  for  the  term  of 
the  contract  shall  not  exceed  the  salary  allowed  the  teacher 
by  law  for  the  grade  of  certificate  held. 
Question. 

What  are  the  duties  of  the  teacher ? 
Answer. 

(See  form  of  contract.)  It  is  his  duty  to  teach  the  pupils  of 
the  school  under  the  supervision  of  the  County  Superintendent, 
to  maintain  order,  to  see  that  school  property  is  not  injured  by 
the  pupils,  to  make  reports  as  called  for  by  the  County  Super- 
intendent. 

He  should  possess  three  certificates  : 

1.  Certificate  of  health. 

2.  Certificate  of  institute  attendance. 

3.  Certificate  to  teach  iiV  New  Mexico. 
Question. 

How  may  the  people  of  a  district  build  a  school  house? 
Answer. 

In  case  the  district  has  just  been  created  and  directors  ap- 
pointed by  the  County  Superintendent,  the  directors  may  sub- 
mit the  question  of  voting  bonds  to  the  qualified  voters  of  the 
district ;  or,  the  County  Superintendent  has  power,  upon  a  pe- 
tition signed  by  20  residents  of  the  school  district  who  are 
heads  of  families  with  children  in  school,  to  order  the  directors 
to  submit  the  question  of  issuing  bonds  of  the  district  for  the 
purpose  of  purchasing  site  and  building  school  house  to  the 
voters  of  the  district.  (No  bonds  may  be  issued  unless  bound- 
aries have  been  established. ) 

Money  from  apportionments  made  by  the  County  Super  in- 


school  directors'  guide  55 

tendent,  and  licenses  and  fines  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  school 
district  may  he  used  for  this  purpose  as  soon  as  available. 

Fur  school  districts  which  have  been  in  existence  some  time 
there  arc  the  following  ways  of  raising  money  to  build  a  school 
house : 

1.  By  using  surplus  in  any  sinking  fund. 

2.  By  using  surplus  in  general  school  fund  to  the  credit  of 
the  district,  provided  amount  in  such  fund  is  at  least  $200  after 
all  expenses  for  maintaining  school  have  been  paid. 

3.  By  voting  negotiable  bonds  of  the  district. 

4.  By  special  levy  not  to  exceed  15  mills. 

5.  By  using  any  money  to  credit  of  district  in  the  general 
school  fund ;  provided,  that  no  indebtedness  except  bonded 
shall  be  incurred  in  excess  of  receipts  for  current  year. 

6.  By  borrowing  money,  but  no  debt  may  be  incurred  in 
excess  of  6  per  cent  of  the  assessed  valuation  of  property  in  the 
district,  nor  may  any  debt  be  incurred  except  on  vote  of  ma- 
jority favoring  the  indebtedness. 

Question. 

Is  dancing  allowed  in  the  school  house? 
Answer. 

No.     As  the  purposes  for  which  the  school  house  may  be 
used  are  specified  in  the  law  and  dancing  is  not  included,  by 
implication  dancing  is  forbidden. 
Question. 

May  the  district  borrow  money? 
Answer. 

Yes  :  but  only  after  a  favorable  majority  vote  by  the  qualified 
electors   of   the   district.      Total    indebtedness   resting   upon   a 
district  may  not  at  any  time  exceed  6  per  cent  of  the  assessed 
valuation  of  property  in  the  district. 
Question. 

What  are  the  provisions  of  the  law  with  reference  to  study 
of  nature  of  alcoholics  and  narcotics. 
Answer. 

This  subject  shall  be  taught  in  all  public  schools  of  the  state 
and  all  teachers  shall  have  passed  a  satisfactory  examination 
on  this  subject. 
Question. 

What  are  the  provisions  of  the  law  with  reference  to  the 
teaching  of  civics  and  history  of  New  Mexico? 
Answer. 

Tt  is  the  duty  of  teachers  in  the  public  schools  to  give  in- 


56  SCHOOL  directors'  guide 

struction  in  the  civics  and  history  of  New  Mexico  either  orally 

or  by  text  book. 

Question. 

What  is  the  duty  of  the  school  directors  with  reference  to 
special  levies. 
Answer. 

On  or  before  the  first  day  of  June  they  shall  make  and  cer- 
tify to  the  county  commissioners  an  estimate  of  the  amount  of 
funds  necessary  for  school  purposes  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Question. 

May  warrants  be  drawn  on  the  district  funds  to  pay     for 
transportation  of  pupils7 
Answer. 

Yes,  under  the  provision  that  the  directors  may  defray  all 
contingent  expenses  necessary  to  the  proper  conduct  of  the 
school. 
Question. 

May  the  school  board  buy  books  for  a  school  library? 
Answer. 

Yes,  see  preceding  answer. 
Question. 

What  is  the  minimum  school  term? 
Answer. 

Five  months  and  the  estimate  of  funds  needed  should  be  with 
a  view  to  holding  five  months.  If  assistance  will  be  needed 
from  the  state,  the  commissioners  will  make  a  levy  of  15  mills. 
Question. 

What  provision  is  there  in  the  law  for  Industrial  Education? 
Answer. 

The  state  board  of  education  is  empowered  to  prescribe 
courses  in  domestic  science  and  agriculture  for  common  schools 
and  for  teachers'  institutes.  The  superintendent  has  appointed 
a  director  of  Industrial  Education  who  has  her  office  with  the 
Department  of  Education  Santa  Fe,  N.  M. 
Question. 

What  provision  is  there  for  high  school  privileges  for  chil- 
dren living  in  rural  districts? 
Answer. 

They  may  attend  a  county  high  school  free  of  charge  (see 
chapter  57,  Laws  1912.  page  19  this  book). 
Question. 

At  what  school  elections  may  women  vote? 


SCHOOL    DIRKCTORS>    GUIDE  57 


Answer. 


They  may  vote  at  all  elections  held  within  the  district  on 
questions  concerning  the  schools,  including  elections  for  >chool 
directors,   borrowing  money   and   bond    issues,   provided  they 
have  the  legal  qualifications  of  male  voters. 
Question. 

May  women  hold  the  office  of  school  director? 
Answer. 

Yes. 
Question. 

May  more  than  one  school  be  maintained  in  a  district? 
Answer. 

Yes,  this  is  to  be  preferred  to  dividing  the  district.    A  district 
may  secure  state  aid  to  maintain  one  school  for  each  50  children 
of  school  age  or  fraction  thereof ;  provided  that  the  total  ex- 
penditure for  any  school  shall  not  exceed  $300. 
Question. 

May  district  property  be  transferred? 
Answer. 

Yes,  but  only  on  petition  of  majority  of  qualified  voters  of 
the  district. 
Question. 

How  may  state  aid  be  secured  to  run  a  five  months'  term? 
Answer. 

The  district  directors  must  have  made  a  special  levy  of  fifteen 
mills.  Monthly  reports  must  be  made  to  county  superintendent 
of  all  receipts  and  expenditures.  The  total  expenditures  for 
the  term  shall  not  exceed  $300.00  from  all  sources  for  any 
school  room  in  the  district.  State  aid  will  be  possible  for  one 
school  room  for  each  fifty  children  of  school  age  or  fraction 
thereof. 


PART   IV. 


FORMS  FOR  REPORT  BLANKS. 


INDEX. 

Page 

Teacher's   Monthly   Report 59 

Term    Report 60,    61 

Monthly   Report   No 62,    63,    64 

Notice  of  Funds    65 

Levy    Notice     65 

Certificate  of  Appointment 65 

Teacher's  Contract    66,    67,    68 

Permit    Forms     68,    70 

School  Warrants    6  8 

Notice  of  Election  for  Directors 69 

Ballot,    School    Election 69 

Certificate    of    Election .69 

Oath    of    School    Directors 70 

Enumeration    Form 71 

Notice  to  Poll  Tax  Paxers 72,  73 

Poll  Tax  Receipt 73 

Notice  of  Bond  Election 7  4 

Fuel    Contract 74 

Boundaries   of   School   District   No 75 

Notice   of  Compulsory   School   Attendance 75 

Aviso    75 

Monthly    Report   Card 76 


SCHOOL  directors'  guide  59 

TEACHER'S  MONTHLY  REPORT. 


School 

District  No County.  \.   M. 

Month  Commencing    

Month  Ending 


ENROLLMENT. 


Mate                             Female 

Total 

TOTAL   DAYS   ATTENDED. 

Male                             Female 

Total 

No.  of  Days  Taught   

(Usually  20) 

AVERAGE  DAILY   ATTENDANCE. 

Male                            Female 

Total 

Note. — To  find  average  daily  attendance  divide-  No.  of  days 
attended  by  No.  of  days  taught. 

No.  Recitations  Daily   

No.  Not  Tardy   

No.  Neither  Absent  Nor  Tardy 

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sent  during  month  and  reason  for  absence : 

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SCHOOL    DIRECTORS'    GUIDE 


65 


\(  )TICK  OF  FUNDS. 

Xew   Mexico 19.  .  . 

School  District   Xo 

You  are  herein'  notified  that  your  district  has  to  its  credit 

$ \nv  further  information  I  may  render  you 

will  be  given  cheerfully.     I  am. 

Very  truly. 


County  Superintendent. 


LEVY   NOTICE. 

To  the  Honorable  Board  of  County  Commissioners : 
Gentlemen : 

You  are  hereby  notified  that  School  District  Xo 

County  of requires  a  special  levy 

of mills  for  school  purposes,  which  levy  we  re- 
quest your  Board  to  certify  to  the  County  Assessor. 


Directors. 


CERTIFICATE   OF  APPOINTMENT. 
Certificate    of    Appoint- 
ment. Whereas,  a  vacancy  exists  in  the  office  of 

School  Director  of  School  District  No 

of    County,    New  Mexico. 

Appointed    as    Direc-  Therefore,     is 

tor    in    School    District       hereby    appointed,    in    accordance    with    the 

laws  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico,  to  serve  as 

a  director  of  said   District   until   the   1st  day 

of   May,    19.  .  .. 
Until     19...        X.    M 19... 


No To   serve 

from     ,    19  .  .  . 


County    Superintendent. 


( lounty  Superintendent. 


06  SCHOOL    DIRECTORS     GUIDE 

TEACHER'S  CONTRACT. 

This  Agreement,  made  and  entered  into  this 

day  of A.  D.  19.  .  . ,  by  and  between  School 

District  Number of  the  County  of 

and  State  of  New  Mexico,  hereinafter  called  the  District,  and 
hereinafter  called  the  Teacher, 

WITNESSETH,  That  the  said  District,  through  its  duly  quali- 
fied Board  of  Directors,  has  engaged  the  services  of  the  said 

teacher,  for  the  term  of school  months,  commencing 

on  the day  of ,  A.  D.  19.  .  . ,  under 

the  following  terms,  conditions,  restrictions  and  stipulations, 
to-wit : 

1.  Said  Teacher  covenants  and  agrees  with  said  District 

that is  the  rightful  holder  of  a Grade 

Certificate,  valid  in  said  county,  and  is  in  all  other  respects  a 
legally  qualified  teacher  under  the  laws  governing  the  qualifica- 
tion of  teachers  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Mexico,  and  that 
said  Teacher  is  a  person  of  good  moral  character. 

2.  Said  Teacher  agrees  to  instruct,  direct  and  manage,  to 

the  best  of ability,  the 

public  school  of  said  District,  during  the  term  aforesaid ;  to 
keep  all  records  required  by  law,  and  to  furnish  such  informa- 
tion concerning  said  school  ,or  in  its  interests,  as  may  be  de- 
sired by  the  'Board  of  Directors  of  said  District,  or  by  the 
County  Superintendent  of  Schools  of  said  county ;  to  see  to  the 
protection  and  preservation  of  such  of  the  property  of  said 
District  as  may  come  under  the  immediate  supervision  of  said 
Teacher ;  and  otherwise  to  do  and  perform  all  acts  and  things 
required  or  contemplated  by  the  laws  of  New  Mexico  to  be 
done  or  performed  by  teachers  in  the  public  schools. 

3.  Said  District  agrees  to  make  the  necessary  repairs  in  its 
school  house;  to  provide  for  heating  the  same;  to  furnish  all 
requisite  record  books  and  to  pay  to' said  Teacher  for  said  ser- 
vices, duly  and  truly  performed,  the  sum  of 

dollars  ($ )  per  school  month,  payable  at  the  end  of 

each  month,  during  the  life  of  this  contract' 

4.  It  is  understood  and  agreed  that  in  the  event  the  funds 
of  said  District,  at  any  time  during  the  term  aforesaid,  shall 
be  found  insufficient  to  pay  the  salary  of  said  Teacher  as  afore- 
said, then  the  Board  of  Directors  of  said  District  shall  have, 
and  hereby  reserves,  the  right  to  close  said  school  and  termin- 
ate this  contract  on  two  weeks  notice  to  said  Teacher;  where- 


SCHOOL    DIRECTORS     GUIDE  67 

upon  all  liability  of  said  District  under  this  contract  shall  im- 
mediately cease. 

5.  It  is  further  agreed  that  if  said  Teacher  shall  he  legally 
dismissed  from  the  service  of  said  District;  or,  if  the  certificate 
of  said  Teacher  shall  be  legally  annulled,  this  contract  shall  at 
Once  terminate,  and  all  liability  of  said  District  hereunder  shall 
immediately  cease. 

().  It  is  further  agreed  that  said  Teacher  shall  be  entitled  to 
full  pay  for  a  period  not  to  exceed  one  month  during  which  the 
school  may  be  closed  by  said  Board  of  Directors,  on  account 
of  loss  by  fire,  danger  from  contagious  disease,  or  other  similar 
cause ;  and  it  is  further  agreed  that  no  deduction  of  salary  shall 
be  made  by  reason  of  the  absence  of  said  Teacher  from  active 
school  duties  on  legal  holidays,  provided  said  Teacher  shall 
have  arranged  beforehand  a  program  of  exercises  by  the  pupils 
appropriate  for  the  occasion  for  the  preceding  day. 

7.  It  is  further  agreed  that  the  last  payment  of  salary  under 
this  contract  shall  not  be  made  until  the  reports  and  informa- 
tion recpiired  to  be  made  and  given  by  said  Teacher  shall  have 
been  properly  made  and  qiven. 

8.  It  is  further  agreed  that  the  school  day  shall  consist  of 
two  sessions  of  three  hours  each,  with  fifteen  minutes  intermis- 
sion during  each  session,  the  time  of  holding  said. sessions  to  be 
determined  by,  or  with  the  approval  of,  the  Board  of  Directors 
of  said  District. 

In  Witness  Whereof,  the  Directors  of  said  District,  and 
said  Teacher,  have  hereunto  set  their  hands,  and  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Schools  of  said  County  has  hereunto  affixed  his  sig- 
nature in  approval  hereof,  all  on  the  day  and  year  first  above 
written.     Kxecuted  in  triplicate. 


• 

Chairman. 

Clerk. 

Board 

of  Directors. 

A  pproved  :  Teacher. 


County   Superintendent    of   Schools. 

NOTICE. — This  contracl  is  to  be  made  in  triplicate:  one  to  be  given 
to  the  Teacher,  another  to  be  kept  in  the  office  of  County  Superintend- 
ent, and  the  other  for  the  Board  of  Directors.     Boards  of  Directors  and 


08  SCHOOL    DIRECTORS     GUIDE 

other  officials  arc  forbidden  to  cause  money  to  be  paid  for  services  of 
teachers  who  are  not  certificated  as  provided  by  law.  This  contract  is 
not  valid  unless  signed  by  at  least  two  of  the  School  Directors,  and  the 
Teacher,  and  approved  by  the  County  Superintendent. 

Filing: 

Teacher's  Contract. 

Between  School  District  No County, 

New  Mexico,  and 

Date 19.  ... 

Term Months. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Superintendent  of  Schools  of  said 
County,  this day  of A.  D.  19 ... . 


Supt.  of  Schools. 


PERMIT  FORM. 
Form  B. 
To  Whom  It  May  Concern  : 

By  virtue  of  the  power  vested  in  me  by  Section  V,  Chapter 

NCVII,  Session  Laws  of  1907,  I County 

Superintendent  of  . '. County,  hereby  issue 

to   ,  New  Mexico,  this 

permit  to  teach  in  any  of  the  Public  Schools  of 

County,  from  this  date  until  the  day  of  the  next  examination 
of  teachers  in  said  county. 

Given  at New  Mexico 19.  .  . 


Co.  Supt.  Schools Countv. 


SCHOOL  WARRANT. 

Warrant  Record  Page.  .  .  .      Warrant  No. .  .  . 
Warrant    Record     Page       STATE    OF   NEW    MEXICO, 

County 

School    District   No 

Warrant    No •  •" N.    M 191 ..  . 

Pay  to  the  order  of   

School   District   No Dollars 

°ut  of  the  funds  of  this  School  District,  not 
191-.       otherwise    appropriated,    being    the    amount 

\™^,,v,t      *  allowed     

Amount,     $ .  

for     

Issued    to    

For    Chairman  Board  of  Directors. 


Secretary  Board  of  Directors. 
Received        above       de-  Approved    for    payment 191.. 


scribed    Warrant     County  School   Superintendent. 

To   the 


Treasurer   of County 

,    New    Mexico. 


SCHOOL    DIRECTORS'    GUIDE  69 

NOTICE  OF  ELECTION  FOR  DIRECTORS. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  voters  of  School  District  No. 

,  County  of ,  New  Mexico,  that  an 

election   will   be  held   the   first    Monday   in    April,    19 at 

for  the  purpose  of  choosing 

school  director  according:  to  law.     The  election  will  be  held  by 

the  present  directors   

Commencing 

at  8  a.  m.,  and  closing  at  5  p.  m. 


School  Directors. 


BALLOT  SCHOOL  ELECTION 

District  Xo ,    County. 

For  School  Directors,  I  vote  for 

for  a  term  of  ......  years 

for  a  term  of  ......  years 

for  a  term  of years 


CERTIFICATE  OF  ELECTION  OF  APRIL  —    19.... 

Dist.  No ,  County  of 

We,  the  undersigned,  directors  and  judges  of  the  election 
hereby  certify  that  the  election  was  held  according  to  law,  and 
that  the  following  men  were  elected  as  director- : 

Name.  Postoffice. 

For  3  years  No.  votes 

For  2  years     "  

For  1  year      " 


Signed 


Chairman 

Clerk   

Other  member 
Make  other  explanations  here. 


70  SCHOOL    DIRECTORS     GUIDE 

OATH  OF  SCHOOL  DIRECTORS. 

State  of  New  Mexico,    / 

County  of \ 

ss. 

I having  been  duly 

Director  in  and  for School  District  No 

County,  New  Mexico,  do  solemnly  swear  that 

I  will  support  the  Constitution  and  the  Laws  of  the  United 
States  and  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico ;  that  I  am 
not  the  holder  of  any  public  moneys  due  to  this  State ;  or  any 
county  thereof,  which  is  unaccounted  for,  and  that  I  will  faith- 
fully discharge  the  duties  of  the  said  office  of  School  Director, 
to  the  best  of  my  ability,  so  help  me  God. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this dav 

of 19.  .  . 


COUNTY  TEACHER'S  PERMIT. 


Form   A. 

Permit  No 

Whereas,  there  has  been  presented  to  me. 
a    petition     from     the     School     Directors    of 

School    District   No ,    requesting    that 

such  a  permit  be  granted;  and, 

-   19  •  •  •  Whereas credentials  as  to 

County      ability  and  experience  in  teaching  have  been 

Teacher's  Permit  No...       shown    and    are    deemed    sufficient    to    meet 

Granted   to  the  recluirements  of  the  law;  a"d 

Whereas,  applicant  has  filed  health  certi- 

of     ficate    and    has    accounted    for    institute    at- 

New    Mexico,    to    teach       tendance   in   accordance   with    law. 

in    School     District     No.  Therefore,    I,    Superintendent 

of  Schools  of County,  New 

Mexico,    and    by   authority    vested    in    me   as 

such,  do  now  grant  to    , 

County    Superintendent       this  permit  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of 

of  Schools.  County,    New   Mexico,   from 

this  the day  of 

19.  .  .,  until  the  next  regular  examination  of 
teachers   in   this   county. 


County  Superintendent  of  Schools. 


SCHOOL    DIRECTORS     Gl'IDE 


71 


ENUMERATION  F(  >RM. 


(Form  should   be  large  enough  to  cany  thirty  or  more  names.) 

Enumeration    of   persons   between    the   ages    of    five    and 

twenty-one  years,  residing  in  School  District  No , 

County,  New  Mexico. 

NoTE. — This  report  must  be  signed  by  all  the  District  Di- 
rectors and  tiled  with  t  he  County  Superintendent  before  the 
15th  of  September  in  each  year. 


NAMES. 

MALE 

AGE    ! 

1 

FEMALE 

AGE 

: 

1 

■ 

1 

j 

RECAPITULATION. 


Number  of  persons :  Male ;  Female :  Total 

We  hereby  certify  the  above  to  be  a  correct  list  of  the  per- 
sons of  school  age  in  District  Xo County. 

New  Mexico,  taken  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September. 
19 


Directors. 


19 


72  school  directors'  guide 

NOTICE  TO  POLL  TAX   PAYERS. 


Poll  Tax  for  19..  . 

School  District  No County  New  Mexico. 

Below  is  a  list  of  persons  liable  for  the  payment  of  a  poll 

tax  in  School  District  No , County,  New 

Mexico.  All  able-bodied  men  over  the  age  of  twenty-one  shall 
pay  a  poll  tax  of  one  dollar  in  the.  school  district  in  which  they 
live.     The  law  makes  no  limit  to  age  over  21. 

Every  cent  of  poll  tax  collected  here  is  placed  to  the  credit 
of  this  school  district;  therefore,  any  attempt  to  avoid  pay- 
ment of  same  is  an  attempt  to  defraud  the  school  children  of 
this  district  of  their  just  dues.  However,  it  is  our  intention 
to  see  that  every  poll  tax  is  collected  this  year.  Poll  tax 
should  be  collected  before  the  first  Monday  in  April,  but  can 
be  collected  any  day  in  the  year,  should  it  for  some  reason, 
not  have  been  collected  at  the  proper  time.  The  clerk  of  the 
school  board  is  the  proper  one  to  collect  the  poll  tax  and 
give  receipt  for  same.  He  may  go  from  house  to  house  and 
collect  if  he  wishes,  but  the  law  does  not  require  him  to  do 
this — each  man  should,  if  necessary,  carry  or  send  his  poll  tax 
to  the  clerk. 

The  law  requires  the  clerk,  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  of 

April,  to  deliver  to  the  County  Treasurer   

One  Dollar  for  each  of  the  names  below,  unless  some  have  not 
paid,  then  he  is  to  make  a  certified  statement  to  the  County 
Superintendent,  giving  the  names  of  those  who  are  delinquent 
and  reason  for  said  delinquency.  He  (the  clerk)  is  also  to 
deliver  the  names  of  these  delinquents  to  the  Justice  of  the 
Peace  for  collection,  and  when  this  is  done,  a  fine  is  always 
attached.  If  some  have  failed  to  pay  their  poll  tax  for  the 
past  year  or  for  the  past  two  or  three  years,  it  should  be  paid 
at  this  time.  "No  property  shall  be  exempt  from  execution  in 
suits  for  the  collection  of  poll  taes." — Sec.  1549,.  page  69, 
Laws  of  1909. 

Persons  who  moved  into  the  district  after  the  posting  of  this 
notice,  but  have  not  paid  their  1910  poll  tax  elsewhere,  are  lia- 
ble for  a  poll  tax  in  this  district. 

The  clerks  of  the  various  districts  are  under  oath  and  bond 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties,  and  they  will  be 


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expected  to  report  to  the  Justice  of  the  Peace,  all  delinquents 
if  there  be  such  on  the  first  Monday  of  April.     Let  this  be  our 

motto :     "Every  1912-13  poll  tax  collected  in 

County  by  the  first  Monday  in  April." 


County   Superintendent  of  School-.. 


1 16.. 

2 17.. 

3 18.. 

4 19.  . 

5 20.  . 

6 21'.. 

7 22.  . 

8 23.  . 

9 24.  . 

10 25.  . 

11 26.. 

12 27.  . 

13 28.. 

14 29.  . 

15 30.  . 

Signed  by  Clerk  of  District, 


NOTE. — On  the  first  Monday  in  February,  clerk  of  school  board 
should  post  one  or  more  of  these  notices  in  the  district,  forward  one 
to  the  county  superintendent,  and  reserve  one  for  his  own  use.  On  or 
before  the  first  Monday  in  April,  make  another  report  to  county  su- 
perintendent, and  mark  opposite  each  name,  either  paid  or  delinquent 
as  the  case  may  be  and  give  reasons  for  delinquency. 


POLL  TAX  RECEIPT. 

No X" $ 


Date    19. 

Received   from    


,    19.  . . 

Received    from     

(in*'   Dollar,  for  Poll  Tax  for  the  year   19... 

in    School    District    No , 

County,   N.   M. 


In    School    District    No. 

.....    County, 

N.    M. 

Poll    Tax    for    the    year  

19....  Clerk  of  School  District 


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NOTICE  OF  BOND  ELECTION. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  qualified  voters  of 

School  District  No of 

County.  New  Mexico,  that  an  election  will  be  held  at 

on the day 

of 19.  .  . ,  for  the  purpose  of  voting  upon  the 

question  of  the  issue  of  bonds  in  the  sum  of 

Dollars    in 

denominations  of Dollars 

bearing  interest  at per  cent, 

dated   and  running  for 

a  period  of years  redeemable 

after years,  bonds  sold  and 

handled  as  provided  by  Section  1542,  Compiled  Laws  of  1897, 
the  receipts  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds  to  be  used  for 


Directors. 


FUEL  CONTRACT. 

This  memorandum  of  agreement,  made  this 

day  of ,  19 ... ,  between 

of  the  one  part,  and 

as  Directors  of  School  District  No 

in  the  County  of New  Mexico,  of  the  other  part. 

WITNESSETH :     That  said    

agrees  to  deliver  at  the  school  house  in  said  District,  on  or  be- 
fore the .  day  of 19 .  .  . 

tons  of  coal  and cords  of  wood, 

of  a  good  quality  at  $ per  ton  and  $ per  cord. 

And    said    

as  Directors,  as  aforesaid,  are  then  and 

there  to  certify  in  favor  of  the  said 

for  the  sum  due  for  said  fuel. 


Contractor. 


Directors. 


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BOUNDARIES  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  NO..    .. 
County.  X.  M 19.  . 


Boundaries  of  District. 

Corner. 

Quarter. 

Seel  ion. 

Township 

Range 

Beginning  at 

Miles  to 

Thence 

County  Superintendent  of  Schools. 


NOTICE  OF  COMPULSORY  SCHOOL  ATTENDANCE. 

All  children  between  the  ages  of  seven  and  fourteen  years, 
physically  able  and  residing-  within  three  miles  of  the  school 
house,  must  attend  school  during  the  entire  term.  A  penalty 
of  $25.00  may  he  imposed  upon  a  parent  or  guardian  who  vio- 
lates this  statute.  (  See  1909  School  Laws.  Sec.  1555  and 
Sub-Sec.  2.)  


County  Superintendent. 


Board  of  Directors. 


AVISO. 

Todos  los  nirios  de  las  edades  de  siete  a  catorce  arios,  que  no 
esten  dishahilitados  fisicamente,  y  residiendo  dentro  de  tres 
millas  de  la  casa  de  escuela,  deben  atender  a  la  escuela  durante 
todo  el  termino  de  la  misma.  Una  multa  de  $25  6  encarcela- 
miento  sera  impuesto  al  padre  6  guardian  que  violare  esta  acta. 
(Vease.  Leyes  de  Escuela,  Sec.  1555  y  Sub-Sec.  2.) 


Superintendente  de  Condado. 


Cuerpo  de  Directores. 


SCHOOL   directors'  guide 


MONTHLY  REPORT  CARD. 

(To  be  sent  to  parents  by  teacher  for  each  child.) 


Monthly  Report  of 

for  Term  ending 19 .  . 

Teacher. 


1st 
Month 

2nd 
Month 

3rd 
Month 

4th 
Month 

Aver- 
ages 

• 

18   

Absences,  one-half  days    

- 

Signature  of  Parent  or  Guardian. 


Excellent  95  to  100 

1st  Mo 

Good,        85  to    95 

2d  Mo 

Medium,   75  to    85 

3d  Mo 

Poor.        below    7r> 

4th  Mo 

To  Parent  or  Guardian  :  Please  examine  the  stand- 
ing, sign  name  in  the  proper  blank,  and  return  the  card 
promptly.     Let  us  work  together  in  educating  the  pupil. 

N.   B. — Use  one  card  for  each  half  of  the  entire  term  of  school. 


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